Remote control system and apparatus

A remote control system for remotely controlling a plurality of remote controllable appliances, comprising:

• a mobile terminal including an input unit configured to allow a user to select a remote controllable appliance and select a function to be performed on the selected appliance, the mobile terminal configured to generate a wireless signal carrying an identification according to the selected appliance and the selected function, wherein the identification includes information of the selected appliance and the selected function;
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• a remote control apparatus configured for communicating with the mobile terminal by wireless network, the remote control apparatus comprising:
• a signal receiving unit configured to receive the wireless signal transmitted by the mobile terminal;
• a control unit configured to determine the selected appliance and the selected function based upon the wireless signal, and further determine an infrared remote control code associated with the selected function;
• at least one signal generating unit configured to generate an infrared remote control signal carrying the determined infrared remote control code;
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• an infrared transmitting unit comprising a plurality of infrared transmitting modules, each of the infrared transmitting modules communicatively corresponding to a remote controllable appliance and configured for emitting infrared remote control signals to the corresponding remote controllable appliance;
• wherein the infrared transmitting unit is configured to control a infrared transmitting module which communicatively corresponds to the selected appliance to transmit the infrared remote control signal to the selected appliance to execute the selected function.