Patent ID: 7969279

Claim:
A remote control system, comprising: a main device having a capability to connect with a subordinate device; and a remote commander, wherein said main device includes display means, first storage means for storing a plurality of sets of remote control codes for controlling different models of subordinate devices from different manufacturers, each set of remote control codes corresponding to a separate model of a subordinate device, first signal reception means for receiving from said remote commander a first remote control signal for controlling said main device, first signal transmission means for transmitting, to a subordinate device connected to said main device, a second remote control signal for controlling the subordinate device, and transmitting to said remote commander a set of remote control codes corresponding to the subordinate device stored in said first storage means, and control means for controlling said first storage means, said display means, and said first signal transmission means based on the received first remote control signal, and wherein said remote commander includes second signal reception means for receiving the set of remote control codes transmitted from said first signal transmission means, second storage means for storing the set of remote control codes received by said second signal reception means, second signal transmission means for transmitting the first remote control signal for controlling said main device and transmitting a third remote control signal based on the set of remote control codes and for controlling the subordinate device, and an operation section configured to transmit, as the first remote control signal, a first remote control code transmission control signal for causing said control means to perform remote control code transmission control for selecting the set of remote control codes for controlling the subordinate device from among the plurality of sets of remote control codes stored in said first storage means of said main device and transmitting the set of remote control codes via said first signal transmission means, wherein said operation section transmits, before said first signal transmission means transmits the set of remote control codes to said remote commander, a second remote control code transmission control signal to said first signal reception means for causing said control means to transmit a selected remote control code to the subordinate device in one signal via said first signal transmission means to check whether the set of remote control codes correspond to the subordinate device.