Patent ID: 8742885

Claim:
A method for remotely controlling a device, comprising: displaying, by a remotely controlled device, a Graphical User Interface (GUI) in a current context, the GUI comprising a plurality of contexts; receiving from a touch-sensitive device, data descriptive of physical characteristics of a touch gesture event detected at the touch sensitive device, wherein the touch-sensitive device is configured to detect the data descriptive of physical characteristics of the touch gesture event upon an unstructured area displayed on a touch screen of the touch-sensitive device, wherein the unstructured area is displayed on the touch screen only when the touch-sensitive device is positioned according to a first orientation, and wherein the touch-sensitive device is further configured to display a structured touch-sensitive area comprising a plurality of selectable items when the touch-sensitive device is positioned according to a second, different orientation; determining, by the remotely controlled device, a command from a set of available commands by interpreting the physical characteristic data based on the current context of the GUI; and effecting an action based on the determined command.