Method and device for controlling subordinate electronic device or supporting control of subordinate electronic device by learning ir signal

A method of a control device controlling or supporting another control device to control a slave electronic device by learning multiple IR signals, comprising steps of:

• (a) the control device in a predetermined space obtaining current triggering information for controlling a specific slave electronic device;
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• (b) the control device obtaining or support said another control device to obtain an identifier of a particular IR signal corresponding to the current triggering information by referring to a database and generating or support said another control device to generate the particular IR signal corresponding to the current triggering information,
• wherein the multiple IR signals are acquired within a 1-st space to an n-th space, where the 1-st space to the n-th space includes at least the predetermined space,
• wherein one or more device-specific IR signals are identified and selected among the multiple IR signals, and
• wherein the database manages each piece of reference triggering information which corresponds to the respective device-specific IR signals.

A control device in a predetermined space for controlling or supporting another control device to control a slave electronic device by learning multiple IR signals, comprising:

• a triggering information acquiring unit, if at least one particular IR signal is obtained for controlling a specific slave electronic device within the predetermined space, for acquiring particular reference triggering information corresponding to an identifier of the particular IR signal by referring to a database or for supporting said another control device in another space other than the predetermined space to acquire the particular reference triggering information corresponding to the identifier of the particular IR signal;
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• an IR signal generating unit, in case that a user of the predetermined space or a user of said another space intends to control the specific slave electronic device or one or more similar devices, for generating or supporting said another control device in said another space to generate the particular IR signal by using the particular reference triggering information,
• wherein the multiple IR signals are acquired within a 1-st space to an n-th space, where the 1-st space to the n-th space include at least part of the predetermined space and said another space,
• wherein one or more device-specific IR signals are identified and selected among the multiple IR signals, and
• wherein the database manages each piece of the reference triggering information which corresponds to the respective device-specific IR signals.

A control device in a predetermined space for controlling or supporting another control device to control a slave electronic device by learning multiple IR signals, comprising:

• a triggering information acquiring unit for obtaining current triggering information capable of controlling a specific slave electronic device;
• and
• an IR signal generating unit for obtaining or support said another control device to obtain an identifier of a particular IR signal corresponding to the current triggering information by referring to a database and generating or support said another control device to generate the particular IR signal corresponding to the current triggering information,
• wherein the multiple IR signals are acquired within a 1-st space to an n-th space, where the 1-st space to the n-th space includes at least the predetermined space,
• wherein one or more device-specific IR signals are identified and selected among the multiple IR signals, and
• wherein the database manages each piece of reference triggering information which corresponds to the respective device-specific IR signals.