Patent Document ID: 8395705
Application ID: 12514378

Base Claim:
1. An apparatus for automatically setting an external device connected to a digital television (TV), comprising: a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) receiver configured to detect the external device connected to the TV in communication with an HDMI transmitter of the external device; and a TV controller configured to: set a user-set language in the TV; detect a user action for displaying a list of the detected external device; control, in response to detecting the user action, sending of a signal to the detected external device; identify, using a reply to the sent signal, whether the detected external device is present; control display of the list according to the identified result; detect a user action for selecting one external device included in the displayed list; and set a setting value of the selected external device based on the user-set language set in the TV in response to detecting the user action, wherein the detected external device is driven according to the set setting value.

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Claim 4:
4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the TV controller switches an input of the TV to the external device after detecting the external device and, when the external device is powered on, controls to transmit data of the user-set language from the TV to the external device.