Patent ID: 8237862

Claim:
An electronic device electrically connected to an external electronic device, the electronic device comprising: a receiver configured to receive an operation signal from a remote control with a plurality of control keys, the operation signal indicating an operation of one of the control keys of the remote control; an assignment component configured to freely assign control codes that control operations of the external electronic device to the control keys of the remote control, respectively, to generate assignment information indicating corresponding relationship between the control codes and the control keys of the remote control; a memory component configured to store the assignment information generated by the assignment component; a control component configured to determine one of the control codes based on the assignment information stored in the memory component and the operation signal received from the remote control when the control component receives the operation signal from the remote control; a display component configured to display the assignment information stored in the memory component on a portion of a program screen of the display component in response to a function display key of the remote control being operated before operation of one of the control keys of the remote control; and a transmission component configured to transmit the control code determined by the control component to the external electronic device.