Remote-controllable media device and method of operating peripheral devices using the same
DCFirst Claim
1. A media device comprising:
- a remote controller producing a remote code for controlling for its own use, a remote code for controlling peripheral media devices, and selection signals of external input sources in accordance with a user'"'"'s selection;
a communication port to be connected with the peripheral media devices through a communication line;
a receiver part receiving one of the remote codes from the remote controller;
a media device controller that verifies that a present external input source corresponds to one of the peripheral media devices and that produces a code conversion control signal in a form fit for the verified peripheral media device if the peripheral media device corresponding to the present external input mode is connected to the communication port and an output control signal for outputting the converted code to the verified peripheral media device;
a media device memory storing code conversion data; and
a media device code converter converting a remote code into a code corresponding to the verified peripheral media device using the code conversion data stored in the memory by responding to the code conversion control signal, the code converter outputting the converted code to the verified peripheral media device through the communication port by responding to the output control signal to operate the verifier peripheral media device in accordance with a command corresponding to the converted code.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a remote-controllable media device and method of operating peripheral devices using the same including the steps of monitoring whether a remote code is received from a remote controller, verifying that a present external input source mode corresponds to which one of the peripheral media devices when the remote code is received from the remote controller, and converting the received code into a code corresponding to the present external input source mode when the peripheral media device corresponding to the present external input source mode is connected to the media device and then transferring the converted code to the peripheral media device corresponding to the present external input source mode.
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57 Claims
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1. A media device comprising:
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a remote controller producing a remote code for controlling for its own use, a remote code for controlling peripheral media devices, and selection signals of external input sources in accordance with a user'"'"'s selection; a communication port to be connected with the peripheral media devices through a communication line; a receiver part receiving one of the remote codes from the remote controller; a media device controller that verifies that a present external input source corresponds to one of the peripheral media devices and that produces a code conversion control signal in a form fit for the verified peripheral media device if the peripheral media device corresponding to the present external input mode is connected to the communication port and an output control signal for outputting the converted code to the verified peripheral media device; a media device memory storing code conversion data; and a media device code converter converting a remote code into a code corresponding to the verified peripheral media device using the code conversion data stored in the memory by responding to the code conversion control signal, the code converter outputting the converted code to the verified peripheral media device through the communication port by responding to the output control signal to operate the verifier peripheral media device in accordance with a command corresponding to the converted code. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of operating peripheral media devices using a media device having a remote controller, comprising the steps of:
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monitoring by the media device whether a remote code is received from a remote controller; verifying by the media device that a present external input source mode corresponds to which one of the peripheral media devices when the remote code is received from the remote controller; and converting by the media device the received code into a code corresponding to the present external input source mode in a form fit for the verified peripheral media device when the peripheral media device corresponding to the present external input source mode is connected to the media device and then transferring the converted code to the peripheral media device corresponding to the present external input source mode. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of controlling a multimedia system, using a main media device having at least one communication port connected via an exclusive communication line to at least one peripheral media device providing an input source to the main media device, the method comprising:
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storing, in the main media device, code conversion data corresponding to the main media device and the at least one peripheral media device; inputting a control code to the main media device, the control code indicative of an input source mode corresponding to one of the at least one peripheral media device; verifying, using the main media device in response to the input control code, an establishment of a communication channel via the exclusive communication line, the communication channel corresponding to the one of the at least one peripheral media device; converting using the main media device the input control code into a converted control code for controlling the one of the at least one peripheral media device; and outputting, from the main media device via the established communication channel, the converted control code in form fit for the verified peripheral media device if the peripheral media device corresponding to the present external input mode is connected to the communication port to the one of the at least one peripheral media device, wherein the input control code is converted and output when the establishment of a communication channel corresponding to the one of the at least one peripheral media device is verified via the exclusive communication line and wherein the input control code is otherwise processed in the main media device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A multimedia system comprising:
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at least one peripheral media device providing an input source for generating a multimedia input; a main media device for receiving the multimedia input from said at least one peripheral media device; and a memory for storing code conversion data corresponding to said main media device and said at least one peripheral media device, wherein said main media device comprises; at least one communication port connected via an exclusive communication line to said at least one peripheral media device; input means for inputting a control code to said main media device, the control code including one of a first code for controlling said main media device, a second code for controlling said at least one peripheral media device, and an input source selection signal for controlling an application of the first and second codes, the input control code controlling the input source to said main media device; a controller for, in response to the input control code, verifying a connection of said at least one peripheral media device to the at least one communication port, to generate a code conversion control signal and an output control signal; and a code converter for converting, based on the code conversion control signal, the second code into a converted control code using the stored code conversion data in form fit for the verified peripheral media device if said at least one peripheral media device corresponding to the present external input mode is connected to said at least one communication port and for outputting the converted control code to the at least one communication port to control the verified peripheral media device; wherein the output control signal controls the at least one communication port of said main media device to output the converted control code from the code converter to said at least one peripheral media device according to the verified connection. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A media device for receiving a multimedia input from at least one peripheral media device, the media device comprising:
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at least one communication port for connection via a exclusive communication line to the at least one peripheral media device; a memory for storing code conversion data corresponding to the main media device and the at least one peripheral media device, input means for inputting a control code to the main media device, the control code including one of a first code for controlling the main media device, a second code for controlling the at least one peripheral media device, and an input source selection signal for controlling an application of the first and second codes, the input control code controlling the input source to the main media device; a controller for, in response to the input control code, verifying a connection of the at least one peripheral media device to said at least one communication port, to generate a code conversion control signal and an output control signal; and a code converter for converting, based on the code conversion control signal, the second code into a converted control code in a form fit for said at least one verified peripheral media device if the peripheral media device corresponding to the present external input mode is connected to said at least one communication port using the stored code conversion data and for outputting the converted control code to said at least one communication port, wherein the output control signal controls said at least one communication port of the main media device to output the converted control code from said code converter to the at least one peripheral media device according to the verified connection. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57)
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