Patent ID: 8724527

Claim:
A remote-control system, comprising: a remote controller for controlling an information-processing device, the remote controller transmitting a command signal which corresponds to an operation performed by a user; the information-processing device configured to receive the command signal and perform processing in response to the command signal; and a display configured to display, to the user, at least one element of content associated with a video signal transmitted from the information-processing device, wherein the remote controller includes: sensing means for sensing an operation performed by the user in at least one of a plurality of coplanar sensing areas corresponding to selectable areas provided within the display, the sensing areas being separated from adjacent ones of the sensing areas by a depression; generation means for generating the command signal in accordance with a result of the sensing means; and transmission means for transmitting the command signal; wherein the information-processing device includes: reception means for receiving the command signal; determining means for determining, based on at least the received command signal, a spatial position and an operation type associated with the user operation, the operation type comprising at least one of a touch operation or a press-down operation; and processing means for performing processing in accordance with the determined spatial position and operation type, wherein: the processing means is further configured to generate a second signal to display at least one additional element of content; the additional and displayed content elements are ordered in accordance with a corresponding content sequence; and the additional content element is disposed in a position within the content sequence that is subsequent or precedent to the displayed content element; and wherein: the information-processing device is further configured to receive an additional command signal from the remote controller, the additional command signal corresponding to an additional operation performed by the user; the determining means is further configured to determine a spatial position associated with the additional user operation; and the processing means is further configured to generate an instruction to modify a visual characteristic associated with a portion of the displayed additional content element, the portion corresponding to the spatial position associated with the additional user operation.