Patent ID: 8823881
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A control device, for interacting with a television, the control device comprising: a touch module configured to detect whether a start operation occurs, the touch module further configured to generate a start instruction and detect whether a selecting operation occurs after the start operation occurs, the touch module further configured to generate a selecting instruction when the selecting operation occurs, the selecting instruction containing position information associated with a position on the touch module where the selecting operation occurs; and a transmitter configured to transmit the start instruction and the selecting instruction; wherein the start instruction is configured to control the television to display a menu on a screen containing a plurality of soft keys for operating the control device by viewing the menu on the television, and the start instruction contains position information where the start operation is positioned on the touch module; when the start instruction is generated, all the positions on the touch module are associated with all positions on the screen correspondingly, and the start instruction controls the television to display the menu on the position of the screen associated with the position information contained in the start instruction; when the selecting instruction is generated, all positions on the touch module are associated with all positions in the menu correspondingly, the selecting instruction contains position information where the selecting operation is positioned on the touch module and is used for controlling the television to select at least one of the soft keys in the menu associated with the position information which is contained in the selecting instruction, the soft keys being activated to control the television to carry out corresponding functions according to the position information contained in the selecting instruction.