Patent ID: 8780278
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: detecting a depressed position of a first remote control button to initiate one or more motion sensors of a television remote control device; sensing, by the one or more motion sensors, one or more motions of the television remote control device when initiated by a user, the sensing based on the first remote control button remaining in the depressed position; detecting a user-initiated selection of a second remote control button while sensing the one or more motions of the television remote control device; converting the one or more motions in combination with the selected second remote control button into a remote control command for a television client device, wherein different motions have different directional aspects and correspond to different remote control commands for the television client device that are stored on the remote control device configured to cause different device actions to be performed by the television client device; and communicating the remote control command to the television client device to initiate one of the different device actions.