Patent ID: 7310087

Claim:
A method of controlling a universal remote control for remotely controlling a plurality of equipment including a display apparatus, comprising the steps of: storing information on input buttons to be subsequently selected when an external input select button of the universal remote control is selected; determining whether the stored information on the input buttons is information on input buttons related to selection of external inputs into the display apparatus; storing a current equipment mode of the universal remote control and changing an equipment mode of the universal remote control to a display apparatus mode when the stored information on the input buttons is the information on the input buttons related to the selection of the external inputs into the display apparatus, and maintaining the current equipment mode of the universal remote control when the stored information on the input buttons is not the information on the input buttons related to the selection of the external inputs into the display apparatus; transmitting key codes according to the stored information on the input buttons and the changed equipment mode or the current equipment mode of the universal remote control; and restoring the equipment mode of the universal remote control to the stored unchanged equipment mode of the universal remote control after the step of transmitting the key codes.