Patent ID: 8237625

Claim:
A system comprising: a media server/controller configured to generate a plurality of graphics signals, each graphics signal including a separate user interface to be displayed on a particular device of a plurality of devices, the plurality of devices including one or more touch screen units and one or more other types of devices that are not touch screen units; a universal extender (UVX) coupled to the media server/controller, the UVX configured to receive the plurality of graphics signals, to convert and extend the graphics signals, and to pass each graphics signal to a particular device; and each of the plurality of devices configured to receive the graphic signal passed thereto, to display graphics embodied in the graphics signals, the one or more touch screen units further configured to accept a user touch and to pass a location of the user touch back to the UVX for transmission to the media server/controller; wherein the media server/controller is further configured to generate control commands in response to the location of the user touch and to provide the control commands.