Remote control system and remote control signal processing method

A remote control system comprising:

• at least one first remote control apparatus including
• a command input unit into which a user inputs a command,
• a first control unit that determines, based on the command inputted via the command input unit, a control command in accordance with a content of the command, and
• a first output unit that outputs the control command determined by the first control unit to another apparatus;
• and
• at least one second remote control apparatus including
• a first user interface unit that is a user interface portion and is assigned an operation for controlling one function in a plurality of functions of a device operated by the second remote control apparatus,
• a first input unit in which a control command transmitted from the at least one first remote control apparatus is inputted,
• a second control unit that carries out processing, based on an operation content inputted via the first user interface unit and the control command inputted via the first input unit, associated in advance with the operation content and the control command, and
• a second output unit operable when a device control command for controlling the device operated by the second remote control apparatus has been generated by the processing carried out by the second control unit, to output the device control command to the device.