Patent ID: 7705746

Claim:
A control system comprising: a transmitter for transmitting command signals to a media control system that executes machine instructions associated with media content, wherein the machine instructions can be selectively associated with the command signals, and wherein the media content stored on a removable disc includes at least one of a graphic, a shape, a color, text, and audio data; a direct-select key in communication with the transmitter and having a property that is replicated in an icon on a display of the media control system, wherein the property associates the direct-select key with the icon on the display such that activation of the direct-select key causes the transmitter to transmit a first command signal to instruct the media control system to initiate an operation that is selectively associated with the icon, and wherein the icon is provided by the media content stored on a removable disc; and a navigation key in communication with the transmitter, activation of the navigation key causing the transmitter to transmit a second command signal to instruct the media control system to perform a navigation operation that is defined by the machine instructions such that the navigation operation will be the same for any of a plurality of media control systems which access the machine instructions.