Relaying key code signals through a remote control device

A first device for transmitting a command to control a functional operation of a second device, the first device comprising:

• a receiver;
• a transmitter;
• a processing device coupled to the receiver and the transmitter;
• and
• a memory storing instructions executable by the processing device, the instructions causing the processing device to:
• generate a key code using a keystroke indicator received from a third device in communication with first device via use of the receiver, the keystroke indicator having data that indicates an input element of the third device that has been activated;
• format the key code for transmission to the second device;
• and
• transmit the formatted key code to the second device in a key code signal via use of the transmitter;
• wherein the generated key code comprises a one of a plurality of key code data stored in a codeset, wherein the one of the plurality of key code data is selected from the codeset as a function of the keystroke indicator received from the third device, wherein each of the plurality of key code data stored in the codeset comprises a series of digital ones and/or digital zeros, and wherein the codeset further comprises time information that describes how a digital one and/or a digital zero within the selected one of the plurality of key code data is to be represented in the key code signal to be transmitted to the second device.