7. A method of defining a future release of a command library, comprising: receiving at a Web site requests to download an upgrade to a previously installed command library containing instructions for controlling the operation of one or more functions of an appliance to thereby provide a controlling device with a capability to command functions of the appliance which appliance was incapable of being commanded by the controlling device using the previously installed command library; and using statistics derived from information associated with the requests received at the Web site to determine if the future release of a command library is to include the capability to command the functions of the appliance which were incapable of being commanded by the controlling device using the previously installed command library.
7. A method of defining a future release of a command library, comprising: receiving at a Web site requests to download an upgrade to a previously installed command library containing instructions for controlling the operation of one or more functions of an appliance to thereby provide a controlling device with a capability to command functions of the appliance which appliance was incapable of being commanded by the controlling device using the previously installed command library; and using statistics derived from information associated with the requests received at the Web site to determine if the future release of a command library is to include the capability to command the functions of the appliance which were incapable of being commanded by the controlling device using the previously installed command library. 9. The method as recited in claim 7 , wherein the information associated with the requests comprises demographic information.