| 摘要 |
<p>A remote control in one embodiment has an entry pad including a temporary topic select key (104), a channel selection key (54), and a storage key; a memory (14) for storing a first channel, and a second channel of a temporary topic group; a transmitter (20) for transmitting a first channel select signal and a second channel select signal; and a processor (12) for communicating first and second scanned channels to the memory (14) for storage in the temporary topic group, and for retrieving the second channel in response to a second actuation of the channel group key. The transmitter (20) transmits the first channel select signal in response to the retrieval of the first channel of the temporary topic group (52) and transmits the second channel select signal in response to the retrieval of the second channel of the temporary topic group. In another embodiment, the remote control device has a recall key instead of or in addition to the temporary topic select key (104). A housing of the remote control may further include an arcuate cavity in a bottom surface thereof to facilitate placing it on the arm of a chair or other curved surface and without having it fall off.</p> |
