According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a display controller, a communication module and a determination module. The display controller is configured to display an operation screen, which is used for operating another electronic apparatus, on a display. The communication module is configured to transmit an operation signal, which indicates an operation in accordance with the operation screen, to the another electronic apparatus. The determination module is configured to determine that a function of the another electronic apparatus is activated in response to transmission of the operation signal. The display controller includes an object generation module configured to generate an object representing an operation button for activating a function of the another electronic apparatus with one operation and to arrange the generated object on the operation screen, when the determination module determines that the function is activated through a plurality of operations.

Claims

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›1.independentAn electronic apparatus comprising:na display;an input module;a display controller configured to display an operation screen on the display, the opera…+8

›2.↳ 1The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:nthe determination module comprises:a table management module configured to manage an operation table storing a corr…d2+1

›3.↳ 1The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:nthe object generation module comprises an object management module configured to manage the generated object, andth…d2+1

›6.↳ 1The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display controller further comprises a message display module configured to display a message informing that a f…d2

›7.↳ 1The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:nthe communication module is configured to receive the operation signal for directly instructing the another electro…d2+1

›9.↳ 1The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is connected to the another electronic apparatus via a network.d2

›10.independentA method for assisting remote control by an electronic apparatus comprising a function to display an operation screen used for operating another elect…

›11.independentA non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a computer program which is executable by a computer comprising a function to display …

Classifications

5 codes

IPC · International Patent Classification

Section H — Electricity

H04N5/44

USPC · US Patent Classification

348/734348/552348/14.5348/14.4

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related publication	US 20120026411 A1	2 Feb 2012

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