System and method for multi-mode command input

A remote control system for remotely controlling one or more devices and/or a user interface, the remote control system comprising:

• a remote control comprising:
• a plurality of user input buttons, including a first user input button and a second user input button separate and distinct from the first user input button, the second user input button configured to receive a user input event and comprising at least one metal dome and a printed circuit board and the first user input button configured to be activatable to place the remote control into at least one of a first operating mode and a second operating mode;
• a touch sensor being coupled to the second user input button, the touch sensor configured to generate a sensor data in response to a user input event being received at the second user input button, the sensor data indicating a touch location on a surface of the second user input button;
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• user input event detection logic configured to receive the sensor data and identify whether the user input event received at the second user input button was a click event, a touch event, or a gesture event, wherein the user input event detection logic identifies that the user input event is the click event based on receiving a further data indicating the at least one metal dome is depressed such that the at least one metal dome forms an electrical connection on the printed circuit board;
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• command selection logic configured to cause, in both the first and second operating modes, a first control command of one of a first type or a second type to be executed in response to identifying that the user input event received at the second user input button was the click event, to cause, in only the second operating mode, a second control command of the second type to be executed in response to identifying that the user input event received at the second user input button was the touch event, and to cause, in only the second operating mode, a third control command of the second type to be executed in response to identifying that the user input event received at the second user input button was the gesture event;
• wherein an activation state of the first user input is used to select the one of the first type and the second type and the sensor data is used to select the first control command of the selected one of the first type and second type for execution by the command selection logic.