Patent ID: 8321536

Claim:
A method for a client to process remote control key data input by a user in a home network, the method comprising: converting the remote control key data to an American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) code understandable by a predetermined script included in the web Document; that is mapped to a selected remote control key; searching for a menu item which corresponds to the code, in a web document received from a server and for requesting a web server installed in the server to perform one or more operations; and transmitting the code to the server to request the server to perform the operation corresponding to the code when the menu item which corresponds to the code does not exist in the web document and when the menu item which corresponds to the code exists in the web document, performing the same procedure as that of a case where a remote control key for selecting the menu item is input comprising selecting an operation corresponding to the ASCII code by executing the script.