1. A method comprising: receiving, by a remote control device, a user command; transmitting, by the remote control device to a first media device, information associated with the user command, the user command transmitted by the remote control device being directed to a target media device that is unspecified in the information associated with the user command but that is to be identified by the first media device; receiving, by the remote control device from the first media device, signal information associated with a signal to operate the target media device, the first media device automatically selecting the target media device associated with the user command based on an operation state of the target media device determined by the first media device; transmitting, by the remote control device to the target media device, the signal to operate the target media device.