Patent ID: 8453186
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for remote control at a client of a multimedia content distribution network, comprising: establishing, by a remote control device via a wireless network, a connection to a multimedia handling device at a multimedia content distribution network client, wherein the remote control device includes a touch interface; displaying, on a display of the remote control device, a remote control interface including control elements for controlling multimedia output from the multimedia handling device; receiving user input selecting at least one of the control elements; sending, based on the user input, a remote control command corresponding to the selected remote control element to the multimedia handling device via the wireless link and via a multimedia content distribution network server, wherein the selected control element is for channel selection at the multimedia handling device; wherein the user input is received as a touch input via the touch interface, and further wherein the touch input corresponds to a touch and slide motion detected by the touch interface at a channel bar, and wherein a magnitude of the slide motion provides an indication of a channel increment magnitude; displaying the channel bar, wherein the channel bar is operable to indicate positive or negative incremental input from a zero position; receiving the user input at the channel bar, including receiving an indication of the channel increment magnitude; responsive to receiving the user input, displaying, using the remote control interface, channel data that is incrementing according to the channel increment magnitude; when the incrementing channel data is being displayed, receiving a second user input for selecting currently displayed channel data, corresponding to a desired channel; including, in the remote control command sent to the multimedia handling device, a command to display the desired channel; and when an absence of the touch input is detected at the touch interface, resetting the channel bar to the zero position.