Patent ID: 7975243

Claim:
A method of providing user control of a media device, the method comprising: receiving a gesture input directed toward at least one of four predefined areas related to the device; generating data indicative of the gesture utilizing a device processor, wherein the data indicative of the gesture includes a gesture identifier and an at least four-bit data item wherein each bit is associated with one of the predefined areas; generating a plurality of the at least four-bit data items based on a plurality of received gesture inputs; retrieving two of the at least four-bit data items from the plurality of the at least four-bit data items from a data queue storing the plurality of the at least four-bit data items in a device memory when the media device is in a drag user interface mode; combining the two retrieved at least four-bit data items into a move gesture; and controlling the media device based at least in part on the generated data indicative of the gesture.