Patent ID: 7158047

Claim:
A remote control system comprising: a remote controller including, an input unit consisting of a plurality of function keys; a liquid crystal display that displays functions associated with the function keys and that displays device list information; a control information creating unit that performs a display of the liquid crystal display, based on a program described in a specific language and outputs control information about a corresponding function in accordance with a signal inputted from the corresponding function key; a remote controller-side receiving unit that receives the device list information; and a remote controller-side transmitting unit that incorporates a device list information request command and the control information into one or more data frames and transmits the same via a radio channel; a coordinator, distinct from any device controlled by the remote controller, including: a coordinator receiving unit that receives therein the device list information request command transmitted from the remote controller via the radio channel; and a coordinator transmitting unit that transmits the device list information to the remote controller in response to the device list information request command; and a controlled device including, a device-side receiving unit that receives therein the data frame transmitted from the remote controller; and a plurality of function execution units each of which decodes the control information in the data frame and executes a function designated by the remote controller.