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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 1997
Filed:
May. 04, 1995
Sang-su Lee, Suwon, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Kyungki-do, KR;
Abstract
A remote control method and apparatus for controlling more than one apparatus using one remote control. The method includes the steps of: (a) storing a menu for controlling the plurality of AV apparatuses, the menu being categorized into a main menu level, a sub-menu level and a controlling menu level, and coding a signal corresponding to each of the menu levels; (b) displaying one of the menu levels stored in step (a) on a display device; (c) selecting one of the menu items from the level displayed in step (b); (d) transmitting the signal corresponding to the menu item selected in step (c) to a receiver of one of the AV apparatuses determined by recognizing the menu item selected in step (c) and generating the code of the corresponding menu item stored in step (a); and (e) executing the menu item selected in step (c) in response to the signal transmitted in step (d).