Touch-based remote control

A system, comprising:

• a display device;
• and
• an electronic device that is communicatively connected to the display device, the electronic device comprising a touch-screen display and a processing unit, the processing unit being operable to execute a target application that performs operations in response to a predefined set of commands, wherein at least one of the operations comprises generating graphical content for transmission to the display device for display thereon;
• the processing unit being further operable to execute controller logic and injection logic that are not part of original source code of the target application, the controller logic generating commands from the predefined set of commands based on user input events generated when a user interacts with the touch-screen display and the injection logic injecting the commands generated by the controller logic into the target application, thereby enabling the user to control the performance of the operations of the target application in a manner not originally provided for by the target application.

A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having computer program logic recorded thereon for enabling a processing unit of an electronic device to control the performance of a target application executing on the electronic device in a manner not originally provided for by the target application, the target application being configured to perform operations in response to a predefined set of commands, wherein at least one of the operations comprises generating graphical content to be transmitted to a remote display device, the computer program logic comprising:

• first computer program logic that, when executed by the processing unit, receives user input events generated in response to interaction by a user with a touch-screen display of the electronic device;
• second computer program logic that, when executed by the processing unit, converts the user input events into commands from the predefined set of commands;
• and
• third computer program logic that, when executed by the processing unit, injects the commands into the target application executing on the electronic device, thereby causing the target application to perform operations corresponding to the injected commands;
• wherein the first, second and third computer program logic are not part of original source code associated with the target application.