System and method for flexible configuration of a controlling device

A system for creating a configuration for a control device, comprising a processor configured to:

• automatically determine a plurality of devices controllable with the control device, wherein each device of the plurality of devices is associated with at least one device category of the following device categories:
• a media source device category, a receiver device category, a display device category, an audio device category, or any combination thereof;
• display, on a first graphical user interface, a first set of device options corresponding to a first set of devices of the plurality of devices, the first set of devices associated with the media source device category;
• display, on the first graphical user interface, a second set of device options corresponding to a second set of devices of the plurality of devices, the second set of devices associated with at least one of the display device category and the audio device category;
• and
• receive, through the first graphical user interface, a selection of a first device from the first set of device options and a second device from the second set of device options;
• associate the first device and the second device with an activity object;
• and
• whereupon, in response to activation of the activity object via the control device, the control device will use the association of the first device and second device with the activity object to automatically determine a set of control signals.

A computer program product for creating a configuration for a control device, comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium including program instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• automatically determine a plurality of devices controllable with the control device, wherein each device of the plurality of devices is associated with at least one device category of the following device categories:
• a media source device category, a receiver device category, a display device category, an audio device category, or any combination thereof;
• display, on a first graphical user interface, a first set of device options corresponding to a first set of devices of the plurality of devices, the first set of devices associated with the media source device category;
• display, on the first graphical user interface, a second set of device options corresponding to a second set of devices of the plurality of devices, the second set of devices associated with at least one of the display device category and the audio device category;
• receive, through the first graphical user interface, a selection of a first device from the first set of device options and a second device from the second set of device options;
• and
• associate the first device and the second device with an activity object;
• whereby, in response to activation of the activity object via the control device, the controlling device is caused to use the association of the first device and second device with the activity object to automatically determine a set of control signals.