Patent ID: 8749426

Claim:
A remote control, comprising: a touch-sensitive device configured to detect a touching of the touch-sensitive device and convert the touching into one or more first data signals; a wireless data transmitter; and logic coupled to the touch-sensitive device and to the wireless data transmitter, wherein the logic is configured to receive the one or more first data signals, transform the one or more first data signals into one or more second data signals that are compatible with a remotely controllable apparatus, and communicate the one or more second data signals to the remotely controllable apparatus using the wireless data transmitter, wherein the one or more second data signals cause the remotely controllable apparatus to generate a graphical user interface (GUI), comprising: a first graphical bar representing a duration of play of a video media item in the remotely controllable apparatus and including a current playback indicator icon representing a current playback point for the video media item, and a second graphical bar that corresponds to an alternative video content having a predefined association with a portion of the video media item at a specified time region of the video media item, wherein the second graphical bar is depicted as branching from the first graphical bar at the beginning of the specified time region and rejoining the first graphical bar at the end of the specified time region, wherein the second graphical bar is displayed within the GUI responsive to playback of the video media item reaching the beginning of the specified time region, wherein a selection of the second graphical bar causes the remotely controllable apparatus to switch playback to the alternative video content, and wherein the alternative video content represents at least one of (i) an alternate scene for the portion of the video media item, (ii) an alternate viewing angle for the portion of the video media item, and (iii) a commentary for the portion of the video media item.