Patent ID: 7538665

Claim:
A remote-control system including a video-reception device configured to receive a first broadcasted video signal and to display a video image corresponding to the first broadcasted video signal, and a remote controller configured to control the video-reception device, the system comprising: the remote controller including a receive unit configured to receive a second broadcasted video signal associated with, and encoded differently from, the first broadcasted video signal, a display unit configured to display a video image on the basis of the second broadcasted video signal, a reception unit configured to receive information about an operation performed by a user, a transmission unit configured to transmit an operation signal generated for the video-reception device, and a first control unit configured to control the transmission units, according to the user-operation information received by the reception unit, to transmit the operation signal, and the video-reception device including a detection unit configured to detect the transmitted operation signal, and a second control unit configured to control at least one unit of the video-reception device according to the detected operation signal.