Patent ID: 7432916

Claim:
An entertainment system comprising: a plurality of appliances including at least one appliance having a graphical user interface component with a moveable graphical user interface element; and a controlling device including a display with a touch-sensitive surface usable in at least a first operational mode and a second operational mode, wherein the first operational mode causes one or more graphical user interfaces comprised of graphical user interface icons to be displayed in the display whereby selection of a displayed graphical user interface icon through interaction with the touch-sensitive surface causes one or more commands to be transmitted to one or more of the plurality of appliances to command operational functions of the one or more appliances and the second operational mode causes a transmission of data reflective of motions made upon the touch-sensitive surface to the appliance having the graphical user interface component to command the appliance to move the graphical user interface element of the graphical user interface component in a display located remotely from the controlling device in a manner that corresponds to the motions made upon the touch-sensitive surface, and a software application for causing the controlling device to automatically toggle between the first operational mode and a second operational mode as a function of a state of the appliance having the graphical user interface component.