Patent ID: 8094132

Claim:
An image display device, comprising: a display configured to render an image and an identifier of a functionality; a matte surrounding the display, the matte having two or more regions that are touch sensitive; and a processor configured to: enable presentation of the image on the display, receive a first indication that at least one of the two or more regions of the matte have been touched, in response to reception of the first indication that the at least one of the two or more regions of the matte have been touched: associate one of the two or more regions of the matte with a first functionality associated with subsequent interaction with the matte, and enable presentation of an identifier of the first functionality associated with subsequent interaction with the matte overlaid on the image on the display, receive a second indication that the one region of the matte associated with the first functionality has been touched, and in response to reception of the second indication that the one region of the matte associated with the first functionality has been touched: perform a function associated with the first functionality, associate the one region of the matte with a second functionality associated with subsequent interaction with the matte, the second functionality being different from the first functionality, and enable presentation of an identifier of the second functionality associated with subsequent interaction with the matte overlaid on the image on the display.