Patent ID: 8656434

Claim:
A remote control system comprising: an input unit that inputs device identification information to identify a device to be controlled by a remote control device, the input unit including a keyboard; and a code data output unit that outputs code data for controlling the device identified by the device identification information, the code data output unit including a code storage portion, wherein the code data is downloaded from an internet server connected with the remote control system via the internet to the remote control system based on the device identification information, wherein the remote control system displays a control command that is used to reserve a program and is transmitted via the internet in a form of hypertexts in a browser that connects to the internet and displays WWW pages, and wherein a user uses the remote control system to make access to a plurality of service providers, and the remote control system displays browser pages of the plurality of the service provides for the user to obtain program information and control commands attached to a title of a program associated with the program information, both the program information and control commands being in the form of hypertexts, and wherein the attachment between the title of the program and the control commands is adapted so that a reservation of the program is implemented by clicking the title of the program.