System for automatically selecting an available device in an audio/video system

Claim 1

A system for automatically selecting an available device in an audio/video system, comprising: a display; a memory storing device codes for individually distinguishing a plurality of audio/video media including a plurality of audio devices and a plurality of audiovisual devices included in the audio/video system, first information on kinds of available media among the plurality of audio/video media, and second information on conditions of interconnection between devices; means for operating the display for displaying common symbols to said plurality of audio devices and said plurality of audiovisual devices representing common senses with which a user can sense audio and visual reproductions, the senses including a sense of hearing and sense of sight, and signalling said first and second information corresponding to data regarding the plurality of audio/video media, said data being stored in the memory, said symbols and said first and second information being displayed in order to indicate to the user to select one of the senses and one of the plurality of audio/video media; a keyboard for selecting an activity of an intended sense and a medium displayed on the display; and control means responsive to a selection by operation of the keyboard for determining an available device from device codes dependent on the user's selection and an interconnection of devices relative to the selection.

Claim 2

A system for automatically selecting an available device in an audio/video system, comprising: a display; a memory storing device codes for individually distinguishing a plurality of audio/video media including a plurality of audio devices and a plurality of audiovisual devices included in the audio/video system, first information on kinds of available media among the plurality of audio/video media, and second information on conditions of interconnection between devices; means for operating the display for displaying common symbols to said plurality of audio devices and said plurality of audiovisual devices representing common senses with which a user can sense audio and visual reproductions, the senses including a sense of hearing and sense of sight, and signalling said first and second information corresponding to data regarding the plurality of audio/video media, said data being stored in the memory, said symbols and said first and second information being displayed in order to indicate to the user to select one of the senses and one of the plurality of audio/video media; a keyboard for selecting an activity of an intended sense and a medium displayed on the display; and control means responsive to a selection by operation of the keyboard for determining an available device from device codes dependent on the user's selection and an interconnection of devices relative to the selection.