Remote control authority and authentication

A system comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer program instructions stored thereon, the computer program instructions being executable by at least one computer processor to perform a method, the method comprising:

• (a) at an optical reader at a first mobile device, at a first time, receiving, from a first object-associated element, a first communication as a visual identifier, wherein the first communication comprises information representing an identity of the first object-associated element;
• (b) at the first mobile device, in response to receiving the first communication, wirelessly transmitting a second communication, to a remote server, wherein the second communication comprises the information representing the identity of the first object-associated element, wherein the first object-associated element and the first mobile device are physically distinct from each other, and wherein the first object-associated element and the remote server are physically distinct from one another;
• (c) at the first mobile device, at a second time after the first time, receiving a third communication from the remote server, the third communication including information representing a first remote control user interface;
• (d) at the first mobile device, at a third time after the second time, presenting the first remote control user interface, wherein the first remote control user interface comprises a menu, the menu comprising a plurality of options representing a plurality of items;
• (e) at the first mobile device, at a fourth time after the third time, receiving a first input that indicates a first item in the plurality of items;
• (f) at the first mobile device, in response to receiving the first input that indicates the first item, wirelessly transmitting a fourth communication to the remote server, the fourth communication comprising information based on the first input;
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• (g) at the first mobile device, after receiving the first input that indicates the first item, presenting first feedback relating to the first input at the first remote control user interface.