Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Tanya Ornatskaya

Thomas James Dubil

Diane Perry Daniel

A remote control device provides commands and options based on the configuration of components in a user's environment, and based on a defined user activity. A storage device contains a user profile that includes the configuration of components at the user's environment, and defined set of user activities, such as &ldquo;watching television&rdquo;, &ldquo;viewing a movie&rdquo;, &ldquo;watching a sports program&rdquo;, and so on. Each user activity has a corresponding mapping of keys on the remote control device to facilitate the user activity. When the user identifies a preferred activity, the remote control device communicates commands to the components of the system to support the activity, and subsequently communicates commands to each component corresponding to this activity. A user may define multiple user activities, and the storage device may contain configurations and activities from multiple users.

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Tanya Ornatskaya