Patent ID: 8922615

Claim:
A method for customizing user input to a videoconference, the method comprising: displaying a user interface for customizing directional input of a remote control device for use during a videoconference, wherein the user interface comprises a plurality of different videoconferencing actions that are assignable to one or more directional inputs of the remote control device in addition to normal functionality of the one or more directional inputs; receiving first user input specifying a first videoconferencing action of the plurality of different videoconferencing actions for a first directional input of the remote control device, wherein the user input is received, at least in part, using the directional input of the remote control; receiving second user input selecting the first directional input within a first context; performing normal behavior of the directional input based on the second user input being received within the first context; performing a videoconference with one or more videoconferencing units; receiving third user input selecting the first directional input during the videoconference having a second context; performing the first videoconferencing action in the videoconference instead of the normal behavior of the directional input based on the third user input being received within the second context.