Patent ID: 8384672

Claim:
A remote control system, comprising: a processor; a touch screen display cooperated with the processor, where the touch screen display is configured to display a first control view of a plurality of control views, with a fixed number of function buttons displayed in each of the plurality of control views; a wireless transmitter coupled with the processor, where the wireless transmitter is configured to wirelessly transmit at least one function signal to a remote multimedia playback device that is separate from the remote control system, where the at least one function signal is configured to control an operation of the remote multimedia playback device; wherein the processor is configured to identify a change in a state of operation of the remote multimedia playback device and cause the touch screen display to display a second control view of the plurality of control views based on the identified change in the state of operation of the remote multimedia playback device such that the second control view includes the fixed number of function buttons, where control functions associated with one or more of the function buttons displayed in the second control view are different than control functions associated with one or more of the function buttons displayed in the first control view; and a wireless receiver coupled with the processor, where the wireless receiver is configured to wirelessly receive a control signal from the remote multimedia playback device in response to the remote multimedia playback device receiving the function signal, and where the control signal defines a current state of operation of the remote multimedia playback device being controlled in accordance with the function signal to implement one or more functions corresponding to the selected one of the function buttons; wherein the processor is configured to: identify, from the control signal wirelessly received from the remote multimedia playback device, the change in the state of operation of the remote multimedia playback device in response to the function signal; and cause the touch screen to display the second control view of the plurality of control views based on the change in the state of operation and the current state of operation of the remote multimedia playback device such that the second control view includes the fixed number of function buttons.