Patent ID: 9454251
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: G06F,G08C

Claim Text:
1. A method for controlling media playback devices, the method comprising: detecting a media playback device to be controlled; presenting, using a touch-sensitive display of a mobile device, a remote control interface having a plurality of user interface elements that correspond to actions of the selected media playback device, wherein each of the one or more interface elements is selectable upon receiving a predetermined user input from the touch-sensitive display that corresponds to the particular user interface element; presenting, using the touch-sensitive display, a lock screen that includes at least a first subset of user interface elements of the plurality of user interface elements that are enabled during a display inhibited state in which presentation of the plurality of user interface elements is inhibited and a second subset of user interface elements of the plurality of user interface element that are disabled during the display inhibited state, wherein the second subset of user interface elements are presented with an indication that the second subset of user interface elements will be disabled during the display inhibited state; receiving an input from a first area of the touch-sensitive display during presentation of the lock screen; determining, during presentation of the lock screen, that the first area of the touch-sensitive display corresponds to the area of the touch-sensitive display presenting a first user interface element of the plurality of user interface elements; selecting, during presentation of the lock screen, a first action of the selected media playback device to be performed that corresponds to the first user interface element; transmitting, during presentation of the lock screen, a first instruction to perform the selected first action to the media playback device; determining that the touch-sensitive display has entered the display inhibited state; receiving an input from a second area of the touch-sensitive display in the display inhibited state; determining, while the touch-sensitive display is in the display inhibited state, that the second area of the touch-sensitive display corresponds to the area of the touch-sensitive display used to present a second user interface element of the first subset of user interface elements; selecting, while the touch-sensitive display is in the display inhibited state, a second action of the media playback device to be performed that corresponds to the second user interface element; and transmitting, while the touch-sensitive display is in the display inhibited state, an instruction to perform the selected second action to the media playback device.