Patent ID: 8355082

Claim:
A method of controlling a first information apparatus connectable to a second information apparatus having a display, the second information apparatus capable of reproducing video image based on video information obtained from a remote source independently from the first information apparatus, the method comprising: storing command code information associated with identification information of the second information apparatus, the command code information including a plurality of combinations of command codes, each of the combinations being associated with each of a plurality of software programs; receiving the identification information of the second information apparatus and the plurality of command codes transmitted from the second information apparatus by the first information apparatus, while the second information apparatus is connected with the first information apparatus; executing a software program associated with the identification information and the plurality of combinations of command codes received, in reference to the command code information associated with the second information apparatus; and outputting image data produced by the software program executed from the first information apparatus to the second information apparatus so as to display an image corresponding to the image data on the display.