Patent ID: 9569009
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving an indication of a depression of a button on a multimedia presentation device controller; receiving an indication of an ending of the depression of the button; evaluating a depression duration of the button and classifying the depression duration into one of three or more ranges, wherein a first depression duration range is associated with a first function on the multimedia presentation device controller, a second depression duration range is associated with a second function on the multimedia presentation device controller, and a third depression duration range is associated with a third function on the multimedia presentation device controller, and wherein a final depression duration after the three or more depression duration ranges is associated with a termination function that does not perform any of the button functions on the multimedia presentation device controller; and performing the function associated with the depression duration range of the button on the multimedia presentation device controller.