Contextual, Two Way Remote Control

An electronic device, wherein the electronic device includes a first computer device that is coupled to a display device and facilitates the display device to display media content provided by a plurality of media content sources including one or more Internet-based media content sources, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• memory;
• and
• one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
• executing an application that accesses the one or more Internet-based media content sources and displays media items provided thereby, wherein the application operates interactively with a remote control application executed on a second computer device;
• transmitting to the second computer device an information item, a plurality of display instructions and a command associated with the information item, wherein the information item includes a selectable display element corresponding to one of the one or more Internet-based media content sources accessible via the first computer device, and the second computer device is configured to select and implement one of the plurality of display instructions for displaying the selectable display element of the information item;
• and
• in response to a user selection of the selectable display element at the second computer device, receiving from the second computer device the command associated with the information item;
• and
• executing the command in relation to the one of the one or more Internet-based media content sources.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by a processor of a first computer device, cause the first computer device to:

• execute an application that accesses the one or more Internet-based media content sources and displays media items provided thereby, wherein the application operates interactively with a remote control application executed on a second computer device;
• transmit to the second computer device an information item, a plurality of display instructions and a command associated with the information item, wherein the information item includes a selectable display element corresponding to one of the one or more Internet-based media content sources accessible via the first computer device, and the second computer device is configured to select and implement one of the plurality of display instructions for displaying the selectable display element of the information item;
• and
• in response to a user selection of the selectable display element at the second computer device, receive from the second computer device the command associated with the information item;
• and
• execute the command in relation to the one of the one or more Internet-based media content sources.