US 6,983,484 B2 | ||
Control device, control method, electric apparatus, control method of an electric apparatus, electric apparatus system, control method of an electric apparatus system, and transmission medium | ||
Tomoko Terakado, Kanagawa (Japan); Yukio Furudate, Kanagawa (Japan); Tomoyuki Hanai, Kanagawa (Japan); and Tatsushi Nashida, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
Assigned to Sony Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
Filed on Mar. 21, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/83,931. | ||
Application 09/828938 is a division of application No. 09/114390, filed on Jul. 13, 1998, granted, now 6,246,441. | ||
Application 11/083931 is a continuation of application No. 09/828938, filed on Apr. 10, 2001, granted, now 6,882,352. | ||
Claims priority of application No. P9-193588 (JP), filed on Jul. 18, 1997. | ||
Prior Publication US 2005/0177864 A1, Aug. 11, 2005 | ||
Int. Cl. H04N 5/44 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 725—142 | 1 Claim |
1. A control method for controlling, by transmitting a control signal, an electric apparatus that receives information transmitted
via a transmission medium, comprising the steps of:
transmitting the control signal to the electric apparatus;
receiving coupon information that has been extracted from the received information and transmitted by the electric apparatus;
outputting the coupon information received in the receiving step to a display device;
storing, based on a user controlled input, said coupon information into a detachable IC memory card; and
selectively deleting said coupon information stored in said memory based on a user controlled input, wherein
said detachable IC memory card is configured to be removable and utilized in an external process.
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