Context sensitive remote control groups

A personal computer based entertainment system for executing computer program applications and viewing video information, comprising:

• a plurality of remote control devices having multiple user input devices, and adapted to provide signals representative of each user input device in response to user selection of user input devices;
• a transmission device integrated into each remote control device for transmitting the signals, at least one of said remote control devices having a transmission device that further transmits an indication unique to said remote control device;
• a personal computer further comprising:
• a processor;
• a main memory;
• a bus connecting the processor to the main memory;
• a display adapter coupled to the bus;
• a display driven by the display adapter;
• and
• a circuit coupled to the bus for receiving the signals from the plurality of remote control devices and decoding the signals to provide an indication of the user input device selected, and the remote that transmitted the received signals, wherein said processor is capable of executing multiple applications and displaying multiple video programming, each of which are responsive to selected groups of the user input devices such that different applications and different video programming are responsive to different selected groups of the user input devices.