Patent ID: 8150387

Claim:
A hand-held communication device comprising: a processor having access to a computer readable medium including user agent instructions executable by the processor; and a touch screen display; wherein the user agent instructions include instructions for: receiving video data from a server of a digital television network, wherein the video data is indicative of multimedia content being provided to a client via the digital television network; displaying a remote control interface on the touch screen display, wherein the remote control interface includes: a content pane for displaying the video data; a command virtual control corresponding to a remote control command; and a first virtual control for selecting a first set-top box associated with a client account and a second virtual control for selecting a second set-top box associated with the client account; generating, responsive to detecting a user input via the command virtual control, the remote control command; and sending the remote control command to the server of the digital television network for delivery, via the digital television network, to the client.