Controller and removable user interface (RUI) for media event and additional media content

In a media presentation system having a media device for presenting media content, an invention comprising an apparatus for controlling presentation of the media content by the media device, comprising,

• (a) a removable user interface (RUI),
• (b) a user input,
• (c) a controller, said RUI removably attached to said controller, said controller comprising,
• (i) a processor, and
• (ii) a program in machine readable medium executed by said processor that interprets machine executable instructions, and
• (iii) a machine readable medium having a library of machine executable instructions that are accessible to said program for communicating to said host system, in a protocol of said host system, commands relating to presentation of the media content (Device Dependent Instructions), and
• (d) a controller-independent storage medium (CISM) comprising a machine readable medium containing machine executable instructions relating to media presentation (Device Independent Instructions), said CISM being a separate component from said controller,
• (e) wherein said program executed by said processor performs a method comprising the steps of,
• (i) in response to actuation of said user input, reading one or more of said Device Independent Instructions,
• (ii) based on one or more of said read Device Independent Instructions, accessing one or more of said Device Dependent Instructions, and
• (iii) based on said accessed machine executable instructions of said library, communicating one or more of said commands to said host system.

An apparatus for controlling a media event, comprising,

• (a) a removable user interface (RUI),
• (b) a user input,
• (c) a controller, said RUI removably attached to said controller, said controller comprising,
• (i) a processor, and
• (ii) a program in machine readable medium executed by said processor that interprets machine executable instructions, and
• (d) a machine readable medium having a library of machine executable instructions that are accessible to said program for communicating to said host system, in a protocol of said host system, commands relating to the media event (Device Dependent Instructions), and
• (e) a controller-independent storage medium (CISM) comprising a machine readable medium containing machine executable instructions relating to the media event (Device Independent Instructions), said CISM being a separate component from said controller,
• (f) wherein said program executed by said processor performs a method comprising the steps of,
• (i) in response to actuation of said user input, reading one or more of said Device Independent Instructions,
• (ii) based on one or more of said read Device Independent Instructions, accessing one or more of said Device Dependent Instructions, and
• (iii) based on said accessed machine executable instructions of said library, communicating one or more of said commands to said host system.