Patent ID: 8218791

Claim:
A multimedia handling device, comprising: a processor; storage media accessible to the processor; a remote control interface in communication with the processor and configured to receive input from a remote control; a multimedia decoder configured to receive a multimedia stream and generate a decoder audio output and a decoder video output; and an audio digital-to-analog converter configured to process the decoder audio output to produce an audio signal having an audio signal volume level; wherein program instructions, executable by the processor, stored in the storage media include volume toggling instructions, wherein the volume toggling instructions include instructions to: store information indicative of a commercial volume level and information indicative of a program volume level; respond to detecting an isolated toggle volume signal from the remote control when a current volume level is the program volume level by setting the audio signal volume level to the commercial volume level; and respond to detecting an isolated toggle volume signal from the remote control when the current volume level is the commercial volume level by setting the audio signal volume level to the program volume level; wherein the program volume level and the commercial volume level are both audible volume levels and wherein the volume toggling instructions respond to detecting two toggle volume signals in close chronological proximity to each other by toggling an audio enable signal.