Patent ID: 8736428

Claim:
A remote control apparatus for performing wireless communication with an electronic device, the remote control apparatus comprising: an operation input circuit including a plurality of keys configured to receive a user operation; and circuitry configured to read, via a first antenna that surrounds at least a subset of the plurality of keys of the operation input circuit, information from an information storage medium via a first transmission medium separate from a second transmission medium used for the wireless communication, the information storage medium being separate from the electronic device, the subset of the plurality of keys including at least two keys; and transmit a signal to the electronic device via the wireless communication through the second transmission medium and over a wireless communication system, wherein the circuitry uses the second transmission medium and wireless communication system for both transmission of an operation instruction to the electronic device and transmission of the information read from the information storage medium, the electronic device is configured to connect to the Internet, and the circuit transmits, to the electronic device via the second transmission medium used for the wireless communication, the information which was read from the information storage medium via the first transmission medium for data processing on the Internet by the electronic device.