Patent ID: 9575924
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G06F,G08C,H04M

Claim:
1. A portable device for controlling a plurality of external devices connectable thereto, comprising: a memory for storing a plurality of Operating Systems (OSs) and User Interfaces (UIs) and data associating each of the plurality of external devices with one of the OSs and one of the UIs; and a controller for detecting a connection to at least one external device, and in response to detecting the connection, determining a type of the connected external device and extracting an OS and UI that matches the connected external device from among the plurality of OSs and UIs stored in the memory, wherein a current OS and UI of the portable device are replaced by the extracted OS and UI, and functions of the connected external device are controlled via the portable device by using the extracted OS and UI.