Patent ID: 8363009

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: defining, by a media player application executing on a mobile device that (i) is operatively connected to, and provides a user interface for display on, an external display, and (ii) has a touch screen on which no information identifying any command for the media player application is displayed while the user interface is provided for display on the external display, two or more non-overlapping input regions on the touch screen; receiving, by the media player application executing on the mobile device, a user input at a first input region from the two or more non-overlapping input regions on the touch screen; determining, by the media player application executing on the mobile device, a command associated with (i) the first input region, and (ii) a gesture associated with the user input by referencing a command table that identifies a respective command for each of multiple combinations of: (i) application, (ii) gesture, (iii) input region, and (iv) application state; and outputting, by the media player application executing on the mobile device, and for display at the external display, an updated user interface, the updated user interface being based on execution of the command.