A remote control device is which key use is monitored. A command key, representative of an appliance function, may be correlated to a target appliance that is determined, as a function of the monitored key use, to be the most likely intended recipient of a command to perform that appliance function....http://www.google.com/patents/US20040056789?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20040056789 - System and method for using keystroke data to configure a remote control device
