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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2011
Joo-youn Kim, Seoul, KR;
Yong-hwan Kwon, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jung-a Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Bum-jin Lee, Goyang-si, KR;
Joo-youn Kim, Seoul, KR;
Yong-hwan Kwon, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jung-a Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Bum-jin Lee, Goyang-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A control device is provided. The control device includes a user interface unit in which information of a broadcast receiver controlled through unidirectional wireless communication is entered, a searching unit which searches an infrared (IR) code set corresponding the broadcast receiver based on the entered information, a managing unit which registers the broadcast receiver as a controllable broadcast receiver within a home network based on the searched IR code set, and a first communication interface unit which, if a control signal for the registered broadcast receiver is received, transmits an IR code corresponding to the control signal from the IR code set corresponding to the registered broadcast receiver to the registered broadcasting receiver.