Touch-Sensitive Remote Control with Visual Feedback

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for use in conjunction with an electronic device, the computer-readable storage medium storing a program module that, when executed by the electronic device, causes the electronic device to perform one or more operations comprising:

• receiving, via an interface circuit in the electronic device, user-interface activity information associated with a second electronic device, wherein the interface circuit communicates using at least one of:
• wireless communication, or infra-red communication, and wherein the user-interface activity information is associated with a user interface that is associated with a touch-sensitive display in the second electronic device;
• generating visual feedback based on the user-interface activity information;
• and
• providing, via the interface circuit, the visual feedback for a display device, wherein the visual feedback indicates a position, on the touch-sensitive display, of at least a touch contact point relative to a strike area of at least a virtual command icon in the user interface when the touch contact point is outside of the strike area and other strike areas of other virtual command icons in the user interface;
• and
• wherein an indication of the position in the visual feedback is different from the virtual command icon, the other virtual command icons, and content associated with the virtual command icon or the other virtual command icons.

A method for providing visual feedback, comprising:

• by an electronic device:
• receiving, via an interface circuit in the electronic device, user-interface activity information associated with a second electronic device, wherein the interface circuit communicates using at least one of:
• wireless communication, or infra-red communication, and wherein the user-interface activity information is associated with a user interface that is associated with a touch-sensitive display in the second electronic device;
• generating the visual feedback based on the user-interface activity information;
• and
• providing, via the interface circuit, the visual feedback for a display device, wherein the visual feedback indicates a relative position, on the touch-sensitive display, of at least a touch contact point relative to a strike area of at least a virtual command icon in the user interface when the touch contact point is outside of the strike area and other strike areas of other virtual command icons in the user interface;
• and
• wherein an indication of the position in the visual feedback is different from the virtual command icon, the other virtual command icons, and content associated with the virtual command icon or the other virtual command icons.