Patent ID: 7483954

Claim:
A method of communicating between a first device and at least one second device, the method comprising: prestoring in the first device an original version of first user interface information and first function information used in communicating with the at least one second device, the prestored information corresponding to a previous upload from a memory of the at least one second device; comparing the original version of the first user interface information and the first function information prestored in the first device to first user interface information and first function information stored in the memory of the at least one second device to determine whether the first user interface information and the first function information stored in the memory of the at least one second device corresponds to an updated version of first user interface information and first function information for controlling the at least one second device; sending the updated version of the first user interface information and the first function information from the at least one second device to the first device, if it is determined that the at least one second device includes the updated version of the first user interface information and the first function information for controlling the at least one second device; performing communication between the first device and the at least one second device based on the updated version of the first user interface information and the first function information, if the updated version of the first user interface information and the first function information is received by the first device; and performing communication between the first device and the at least one second device based on the original version of the first user interface information and the first function information prestored in the first device, if it is determined that the at least one second device does not include the updated version of the first user interface information and the first function information for controlling the at least one second device, wherein the at least one second device is controlled based on one of the updated version of the first user interface information and the first function information and the original version of the first user interface information and the first function information, the one of the updated version of the first function information and the original version of the first function information controlling at least one function of the at least one second device based on the one of the updated version of the first user interface information and the original version of the first user interface information.