Patent ID: 6487589
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
An information device for configuring an information device system including said information device and at least another information device connected to each other, said information device comprising:a self-function memory which stores therein function data including at least function name data indicating names of functions that said information device has and instruction data for allowing said information device to be controlled by an information device other than said information device; a transmitter which transmits said function data to said another information device; a connected device function memory which stores function data of said another information device when said function data of said another information device is received from said another information device, said function data including at least function name data indicating names of functions that said connected another information device has and instruction data for allowing said another information device to be controlled by an information device other than said another information device itself; and a display which displays thereon the names of function which said connected another information device has by use of at least one of indicia including a character, a picture and an icon.