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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2008
Miki Ueno, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Oobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuo Motohashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiko Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Ayumi Mizobuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Taro Takita, Tokyo, JP;
Kazunori Suto, Miyagi, JP;
Miki Ueno, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Oobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuo Motohashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiko Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Ayumi Mizobuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Taro Takita, Tokyo, JP;
Kazunori Suto, Miyagi, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An information processing device that transmits and receives data to and from a device to which external devices are connected and that processes a signal transmitted from a remote control including buttons to which codes are allocated, the codes being different for each of the external devices, includes a storing unit configured to store, for each of the external devices, a table representing a relationship between the codes and the buttons; a generating unit configured to generate data of a graphical user interface in which a picture of the remote control and button names corresponding to the codes are located; and a control unit configured to perform, if a button included in the remote control to be used for issuing a command to change the button names has been operated, control such that the codes are changed while the table is referred to and that the button names are changed.