Patent ID: 7535465

Claim:
A system to display data that describes media content playable on a separate media player to a user, the system including: a master unit including a display data processor to generate display metrics associated with the data; and a portable remote control device for remote operation by the user and separate from the master unit, the portable remote control unit including a display screen and a display rendering module that renders images used in the visual representation of the data to the display screen based on the display metrics received wirelessly from the master unit, wherein the portable remote control device is configured to transmit glyph metrics to the master unit for use by the master unit in calculating the display metrics for use by the portable remote control device in displaying the data, the data describing the media content playable on a media player that is controllable by the master unit, wherein the master unit is configured to transmit a request for the glyph metrics to the remote control device in response to a user action sent from the remote control device and the remote control device is configured to responsively retrieve the glyph metrics from a table and transmit the retrieved glyph metrics to the mater unit, wherein glyph metrics comprise information about glyphs to be displayed on the remote control device indicated by the master unit in the request, the glyphs including symbols, images and characters, and wherein the display metrics generated by the master unit and provided to the portable remote control device define a manner in which the glyphs are to be displayed on the display screen including spacing to enhance readability.