Computer software programs for electronic communications between electronic devices, namely, computers, televisions, stereo equipment, and telephones; electronic gateways, home networking, intelligent consumer and internet appliances, digital multimedia routers, headends, universal remote controls, and digital telephone equipment for global and residential computer network connectivity and digital communications; communications operating system computer software programs; hand-held electronic remote controls preprogrammed with universal remote control, global computer network web browser, and telephone capabilities; electronic gateways for global computer network connectivity and digital routing, namely a multimedia communications digital router; and computer software for multimedia communication routing, transforming, sharing, and delivering among electronic devices; computer technology including hardware and software for communications, multimedia, connectivity and user interfaces