Set-top box with enhanced content and system and method for use of same

A system for controlling a television:

• a programming interface configured to communicate with a set-top box, the set-top box including a housing securing a television input, a television output, a processor, memory, and storage therein, the set-top box including a busing architecture communicatively interconnecting the television input, the television output, the processor, the memory, and the storage, the set-top box including a wireless transceiver associated with the housing and coupled to the busing architecture, the wireless transceiver operable to communicate with a non-remote control proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device;
• the memory accessible to the processor, the memory including first processor-executable instructions that, when executed, by the processor cause the system to:
• establish a pairing between the non-remote control proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device and the set-top box,
• receive and process the at least partially processed trajectory data from the non-remote control proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device, the at least partially processed trajectory data being representations of motion of the non-remote control proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device,
• evaluate the at least partially processed trajectory data to assign a meaning to the motion of the non-remote control proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device,
• responsive to evaluating the at least partially processed trajectory data, generate a command signal to enable the non-remote control proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device to have virtual remote control functionality, the at least partially processed trajectory data includes data selected from the group consisting of gyroscope-based data, accelerometer-based data, and temperature sensor-based data, and
• send the command signal to the television;
• and
• the memory accessible to the processor, the memory including second processor-executable instructions that, when executed, by the processor cause the system to:
• provide instructions for icons on a touch screen display associated with the non-remote control proximate wireless-enabled interactive handheld device, the icons being associated with an amenity,
• receive and process the at least partially processed trajectory data from the non-remote control proximate wireless-enabled interactive handheld device, and
• responsive to processing the at least partially processed trajectory data, send a command to the particular amenity;
• wherein the amenity is selected from the group of devices consisting of lights, a thermostat, and shades.