Patent ID: 8378998

Claim:
An electronic device which receives an external control signal from an external control device to perform a corresponding operation, the electronic device comprising: at least one control device to perform the corresponding operation according to the received external control signal; a switching part to transfer the external control signal to the at least one control device selectively; and a control part external from the switching part to receive the external control signal from the external control device and to determine which of the at least one control device corresponds to a control target of the external control signal based on the external control signal, and to control an operation of the switching part to transfer the external control signal to the determined control device that corresponds to the control target via direct access without passing the external control signal through the control part and if direct access of the external control device to the control device is provided and completed, the control part controls the switching part such that the direct access of the external control device to the control device is cut off.