JP2003333002A - Broadcast-receiving apparatus and method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To introduce broadcast programs to viewers and to provide a service, by which the viewers quickly and surely select their desired program from the introduction. <P>SOLUTION: A data broadcast receiving circuit extracts a control data signal including a hypertext data signal from TV broadcast signals, and a CPU processes the control data signal and generates an image data signal for a TV program guide which uses GUI, and a video voice processing circuit superimposes the image data signal to output it to a display device. The invention can be applied to systems, such as one for transmitting and receiving TV broadcasting. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a broadcast receiving apparatus and method, and more particularly to a broadcast receiving apparatus which transmits a hypertext data signal related to television broadcasting and the receiving side processes the hypertext data signal. Apparatus and method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, television broadcasting signals are digitized and transmitted via satellites such as broadcasting satellites and communication satellites.
Systems for receiving this are becoming widespread in homes. In this system, for example, since it is possible to secure channels near 80, it is possible to broadcast an extremely large number of programs.

In such a system, since the number of programs that can be transmitted increases, an electronic program guide (EPG) for selecting a desired program.
It has been proposed to transmit a program together with a program, display it on a monitor device, and use the displayed electronic program guide to quickly and surely select a desired program.

[0004]

However, in order to provide the above-mentioned program guide service in the conventional analog broadcasting, a lot of hardware is required on both the transmitting side and the receiving side, and There is a problem that its practical application is difficult because its configuration becomes complicated.

The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and a user can display a GUI (Grap) on a display.
Using the program guide displayed using the hical User Interface), a desired program can be grasped and selected quickly and appropriately.

[0006]

A first broadcast receiving apparatus of the present invention is a control for performing program broadcast information, link information, display processing operation in the broadcast receiving apparatus, and recording setting of broadcast data in a storage medium. A receiving unit that receives a plurality of data described in the markup language including a signal from a predetermined server via the Internet, a storage unit that stores the plurality of data described in the markup language, and a storage unit. The data described in at least one markup language is extracted from the stored plurality of data described in the markup language, the data described in the markup language is analyzed, and linked with other data. Processing means for performing a process for generating a display signal including a link display portion indicating that User interface means for instructing the link location of the link information by clicking the link display portion of the indicating signal, the processing means recognizes the link information of the link location instructed by the user interface means, and the recognized link The data described in the markup language corresponding to the information is acquired from a predetermined server via the Internet, and the data described in the acquired markup language is analyzed.
A predetermined display signal is generated and presented to the user,
When the acquired data includes a control signal for setting the recording of the broadcast data in the storage medium, the recording setting process of the broadcast data in the storage medium is performed based on the control signal.

The link information may include address information of data described by a markup language.

By recognizing the address information of the link display portion designated by the user interface means, the processing means retrieves the data described in the markup language corresponding to the recognized address information from the storage means. can do.

The display content displayed based on the display signal may be related to the display content displayed based on the program broadcast information.

The data described in the markup language can be data transmitted from a broadcasting station at a predetermined time.

The storage medium may be a recording device connected to a broadcast receiving device.

The control signal for setting recording of broadcast data in a storage medium may be a control signal for making a recording reservation of a broadcast program.

A first broadcast receiving method of the present invention includes program broadcast information, link information, a display signal operation in the broadcast receiving apparatus, and a control signal for setting recording of broadcast data in a storage medium, and a markup. A receiving step of receiving a plurality of data described in a language from a predetermined server via the Internet, a storing step of storing the plurality of data described in a markup language, and a mark stored in the processing of the storing step. Data written in at least one markup language from a plurality of data written in the up language,
Analyze the data described by the markup language,
A processing step for generating a display signal including a link display portion indicating that it is linked to other data and a link location of the link information by clicking the link display portion of the displayed display signal And a user interface step for instructing, wherein the processing step recognizes the link information of the link portion instructed in the processing of the user interface step, and outputs the data described by the markup language corresponding to the recognized link information to the Internet. Via a specified server, analyze the acquired data described in the markup language, generate a specified display signal and present it to the user, and set the acquired data to record broadcast data in a storage medium. In the case of including a control signal for performing And performing recording setting processing to the storage medium of transmission data.

A second broadcast receiving apparatus of the present invention includes program broadcast information, link information, a control signal for controlling a display processing operation in the broadcast receiving apparatus and a modem, and is described in a markup language. Receiving means for receiving data from a predetermined server via the Internet, storage means for storing a plurality of data described in the markup language, and a plurality of data described in the markup language stored by the storage means Data described in at least one markup language is extracted from the above, the data described in the markup language is analyzed, and a display signal including a link display portion indicating that it is linked with other data is generated. Click the processing means to perform the process and the link display part of the displayed display signal And a user interface unit for instructing a link point of the link information by means of, and the processing unit recognizes the link information at the link point instructed by the user interface unit and describes the mark information in a markup language corresponding to the recognized link information. The specified data is acquired from a specified server via the Internet, the data described in the acquired markup language is analyzed, a specified display signal is generated and presented to the user, and the acquired data controls the modem. When a control signal for performing the operation is included, a predetermined command signal is output to the modem based on the control signal.

The link information may include address information of data described in a markup language.

By recognizing the address information of the link display portion designated by the user interface means, the processing means retrieves the data described in the markup language corresponding to the recognized address information from the storage means. can do.

The display content displayed based on the display signal may be related to the display content displayed based on the program broadcast information.

The user interface means may be a remote controller of a television broadcast receiving device.

The data described in the markup language can be data transmitted from a broadcasting station at a predetermined time.

The modem may be a modem for connecting to a server on a computer network.

A second broadcast receiving method of the present invention includes program broadcast information, link information, a display processing operation in the broadcast receiving apparatus, and control signals for controlling a modem, and a plurality of description signals written in a markup language. A receiving step of receiving data from a predetermined server via the Internet, a storing step of storing a plurality of data written in a markup language, and a plurality of writing steps written in the markup language stored in the processing of the storing step. Of the data described in at least one markup language from among the data described in (1), the data described in the markup language is analyzed, and a display signal including a link display portion indicating that the data is linked to other data. Linking the displayed display signal with the processing steps that perform the processing to generate A user interface step of designating the link location of the link information by clicking the minute, and the processing step recognizes the link information of the link location designated by the processing of the user interface step, and corresponds to the recognized link information. The data described in the markup language is acquired from a predetermined server via the Internet, the acquired data described in the markup language is analyzed, and a predetermined display signal is generated and presented to the user, and acquired. When the generated data includes a control signal for controlling the modem, a predetermined command signal is output to the modem based on the control signal.

A third broadcast receiving apparatus of the present invention connects program broadcast information, link information including an address of data described in a markup language, display processing operation in the broadcast receiving apparatus, and connection with a server on a computer network. Receiving means including control signals for controlling the modem to be established and receiving data described in the markup language from a predetermined server via the Internet, and storage means for storing the data described in the markup language. And extracting the data described in at least one markup language from the data described in the markup language stored by the storage means, analyzing the data described in the markup language, and analyzing the other data. Display signal including the link display part showing that it is linked The processing means includes a processing means for performing processing for generating and a user interface means for instructing a link location of the link information by clicking a link display portion of the displayed display signal, and the processing means is instructed by the user interface means. If the data described in markup language corresponding to the recognized link information is recognized on the server on the computer network, it is based on the control signal included in the extracted data. Control the modem, establish a connection with the server, obtain data from the server, analyze the data described in markup language, generate a predetermined display signal and present it to the user. And

The processing means recognizes the link information of the link display portion designated by the user interface means, and when the data described in the markup language corresponding to the recognized link information is in the storage means, The data can be obtained from the storage means, the data described in the markup language can be analyzed, and a predetermined display signal can be generated.

The third broadcast receiving method of the present invention comprises program broadcast information, link information including an address of data described in a markup language, display processing operation in the broadcast receiving apparatus, and connection with a server on a computer network. A receiving step of receiving data described by a markup language, including a control signal for controlling a modem to be established, from a predetermined server via the Internet; and a storing step of storing the data described by the markup language. And from the data described by the markup language stored in the processing of the storage step,
A process for extracting data described in at least one markup language, analyzing the data described in the markup language, and generating a display signal including a link display portion indicating that the data is linked with other data. And a user interface step for instructing the link location of the link information by clicking the link display portion of the displayed display signal, the processing step including the link location instructed in the processing of the user interface step. If the data described in the markup language corresponding to the recognized link information is recognized on the server on the computer network, the modem is based on the control signal included in the extracted data. Control and establish a connection with the server, Acquires over data from the server, analyzes the data described by a markup language, characterized in that it presented to the user by generating a predetermined display signal.

The first broadcast receiving apparatus and method of the present invention include program broadcast information, link information, a display processing operation in the broadcast receiving apparatus, and a control signal for setting recording of broadcast data in a storage medium. , A link display indicating that a plurality of data described in the markup language is received from a predetermined server via the Internet, the data described in the markup language is analyzed, and linked with other data. Processing is performed to generate a display signal including the portion. In this process, the link information at the link point designated by the user is recognized, and the data described in the markup language corresponding to the recognized link information is acquired from a predetermined server via the Internet and acquired. When the data described in the markup language is analyzed, a predetermined display signal is generated and presented to the user, and the acquired data includes a control signal for setting recording of broadcast data in a storage medium. On the basis of the control signal, the recording setting process of the broadcast data to the storage medium is performed.

In the second broadcast receiving apparatus and method of the present invention, program broadcast information, link information, display processing operation in the broadcast receiving apparatus, and control signals for controlling the modem are included and described in a markup language. A plurality of data are received from a predetermined server via the Internet, the data described in the markup language is parsed, and a display signal including a link display portion indicating that the data is linked with other data is generated. Processing is performed. In this process, the link information at the link point designated by the user is recognized, and the data described in the markup language corresponding to the recognized link information is acquired from a predetermined server via the Internet and acquired. If the data described by the markup language is parsed, a predetermined display signal is generated and presented to the user, and the acquired data includes a control signal for controlling the modem, based on the control signal. , A predetermined command signal is output to the modem.

In the third broadcast receiving apparatus and method of the present invention, program broadcast information, link information including an address of data described in a markup language, display processing operation in the broadcast receiving apparatus and a server on a computer network. The data described in the markup language, including control signals for controlling the modem that establishes a connection with, is received from a predetermined server via the Internet, the data described in the markup language is parsed, and the like. A process for generating a display signal including a link display portion indicating that the data is linked with the data is performed. In this process, the link information at the link point designated by the user is recognized, and if the data described in the markup language corresponding to the recognized link information is on the server on the computer network, the modem is Controlled, a connection is established with the server, data is obtained from the server, the data described in markup language is parsed and a predetermined display signal is generated and presented to the user.

[0028]

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a TV (television) broadcasting apparatus 1 of the present invention.

An analog video signal and an audio signal (hereinafter, the video signal and the audio signal are collectively referred to as a video audio signal, if necessary) are generated by the TV signal generation circuit 21 and output to the multiplexer 24. Has been done.

A text data signal relating to a TV (television) program is generated by the text data signal generation circuit 22 and output to the multiplexer 24.

Further, the hypertext data signal corresponding to the text data signal related to the TV program is generated by the hypertext data signal generation circuit 23 and output to the multiplexer 24.

The multiplexer 24 inserts a text data signal and a hypertext data signal corresponding thereto on a predetermined horizontal scanning line of a VBI (Vertical Blanking Interval: vertical blanking interval) of an analog video signal, and inserts it into one TV. It is multiplexed with the broadcast signal. For example, in character multiplex broadcasting (closed caption) that allows characters corresponding to audio signals to be displayed as subtitles on the screen, text data signals are multiplexed on the 21st scanning line in the vertical blanking period of video signals. However, similarly to this, the hypertext data is multiplexed on the scanning line in another vertical blanking period of the video signal. The multiplexed TV broadcast signal is output from the antenna 2 as a radio wave via the transmission circuit 25.

In this way, the text data signal, the hypertext data signal, and the TV video / audio signal are multiplexed into one TV broadcast signal and output from the antenna 2.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the television receiver of the present invention. A TV broadcast signal including a TV video / audio signal, a text data signal, and a hypertext data signal is received by the antenna 11 and input to the TV receiver 17.

The TV broadcast receiving circuit 31 of the TV receiver 17
Is a TV designated by the control microcomputer 34.
A broadcast signal is selected, a designated one is extracted from a plurality of TV broadcast signals, demodulated, and the video / audio signal is output to the video / audio processing circuit 33. Therefore, the TV program designated by the user is selected and extracted from the TV broadcast signals by the TV broadcast receiving circuit 31.

The data broadcast receiving circuit 32 is a text data signal (closed caption signal) included in the TV broadcast signal designated by the control microcomputer 34.
Is selected and demodulated and output to the video / audio processing circuit 33. Therefore, the character broadcast (text data signal) designated by the user is selected and extracted from the TV broadcast signal by the data broadcast receiving circuit 32.

On the other hand, a control data signal composed of a text data signal (as an EPG) for program guide control and a hypertext data signal corresponding to the text data signal is multiplexed on a predetermined horizontal scanning line of the video signal. Since it is transmitted after being transmitted, it is difficult to send many control data signals at one time. Therefore, these signals are transmitted from the TV broadcasting station at a timing different from that of the TV video / audio signal, extracted and demodulated by the data broadcasting receiving circuit 32 of the TV receiver 17, and transmitted to the HDD (via the control microcomputer 34). The data is stored in the hard disk drive 35 and is read from the HDD 35 and processed as needed. For example, a TV station
A TV broadcast signal obtained by multiplexing these signals is output at night when the TV program is finished, and the TV receiver 17 is
These signals may be stored in the HDD 35.

The video / audio processing circuit 33 processes the video signal input from the TV broadcast receiving circuit 31 to generate a video signal to be supplied to the CRT 36. Further, the video / audio processing circuit 33 adds the TV broadcast signal to the data broadcast receiving circuit 33.
The text data signal (closed caption signal) output from the control microcomputer 34 or the image data signal output from the control microcomputer 34, and the video signal is CR.
It is designed to output to T36.

The video / audio processing circuit 33 is adapted to perform processing such as amplification on the audio signal input from the TV broadcast receiving circuit 31, and then output it to the speaker 37.

The infrared TV operation signal from the remote commander 13 is processed by the light receiving portion 13a and the control microcomputer 34, and as a result, a selected TV video / audio signal selection and demodulation command is output to the TV broadcast receiving circuit 31. Alternatively, a text data signal (closed caption signal) is selected and a demodulation command is output to the data broadcast receiving circuit 32.

An instruction signal for instructing display of the program guide from the remote commander 13 (program guide key 41 in FIG. 3).
The signal output by the operation of. (Described later using FIG. 3)
When input to the control microcomputer 34, the control microcomputer 34 generates an image data (home page display data) signal corresponding to the control data signal read from the HDD 35, and outputs it to the video / audio processing circuit 33. ing.

Further, when an instruction signal for instructing processing for program guide from the remote commander 13 is input to the control microcomputer 34, the control microcomputer 34 uses the control data signal read from the HDD 35 to instruct. A control signal for executing a process corresponding to the signal is sent to the VCR (VIDE
O CASSETTE RECORDER) 14 or to the modem 15 via the connector 15a. Further, various processing is performed by generating an image data signal and outputting it to the video / audio processing circuit 33.

When the user turns off the power switch (not shown) of the TV receiver 17, the T which was outputting at that time is output.
The V channel is stored in a non-volatile memory (not shown) in the control microcomputer 34 so that the user can
When the power switch of the TV receiver 17 is turned on, the output processing of the video / audio of the TV channel recorded in the control microcomputer 34 is performed.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the operation unit of the remote commander 13.

This operation section is composed of a program guide key 41, up / down / left / right keys 42 to 45, a confirmation key 46, a ten-key pad 47, and a teletext key 48.

The TV receiver 17 shown in FIG. 2 operates in a TV operation mode in which control is performed by a TV operation similar to the conventional one, and a program guide mode in which control is performed using a hypertext data signal.

The program guide key 41 is for selecting a program guide mode,
This is a switch key for switching between the TV operation mode and the TV guide mode.
The operation mode is switched.

Channel selection of TV programs and teletext in the TV operation mode is performed by the up / down keys 42 and 43, the ten-key pad 47, and the teletext key 48. For example, the user may use the up key 42 (or down key 43)
Press once to enter the T of the next (or previous) channel
When the V program is selected or one of the numbers indicated by the ten keys 47 is pressed, the TV program of the channel corresponding to the number is selected, and when the teletext key 48 is pressed once, the TV program is selected. The text data signal (closed caption signal) multiplexed with the video / audio signal of the TV program of the selected channel is selected and the text character is displayed.

On the other hand, in the control mode, the user operates the up / down / left / right keys 42 to 45 on the selection screen using the GUI for selecting the control of the TV receiver 17 to move the cursor to the control contents. Is moved to the area on the screen and the control content is selected, and then the decision key 46 is operated to determine the control content.

Next, a specific operation using this operation unit, the processing operation corresponding to the operation, and the display screen will be described with reference to FIG. 4 and subsequent figures.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart for explaining the processing operation of the TV receiver 17.

First, the operation in the TV operation mode will be described.

When the user presses the power switch (not shown) to put the TV receiver 17 into the operating state, the operation mode of the TV receiver 17 is set to TV in step S11 of FIG.
The operation mode is initialized. Further, in this state, the state when the user turned off the power switch (not shown) of the TV receiver 17 last time is held in the memory in the control microcomputer 34, and at that time, the channel selection is performed. The video and audio of the TV program of the selected channel is output as a default.

In a succeeding step S12, a reception waiting process for the input signal from the user is performed, and the video and audio of the TV program of the channel initially set in the step S11 is continuously output until the instruction signal is input from the user. .

From this state, the user presses the upper key 42 of the operation unit shown in FIG. 3 for the purpose of selecting a TV program.
When pressed twice, the TV receiver 1 is received from the remote commander 13.
An instruction signal is output to 7.

When the TV receiver 17 inputs this instruction signal, the input signal reception waiting process in step S12 is canceled, and in step S13, the control microcomputer 34 of the TV receiver 17 receives the program whose input signal is shown in FIG. It is determined whether or not the signal is from the guide key 41. In this case, since the input signal is the TV operation signal for instructing the selection of the TV program, it is determined that it is not the instruction signal by the program guide key 41, and the process of step S19 is performed.

In step S19, it is determined whether the program guide mode is set. In the present case, TV
Since the receiver 17 is operating in the TV operation mode, it is determined that the program guide mode is not set, and the subsequent step S20 is executed.

In step S20, the control microcomputer 34 selects the TV program of the channel designated by the user (in this case, the TV program of the next channel) to the TV broadcast receiving circuit 31 in accordance with the instruction signal from the user. A command signal to instruct is output. In response to this command, the TV broadcast receiving circuit 31 extracts and demodulates the specified TV program signal and transmits the video / audio signal of the program to the video / audio processing circuit 33. The video / audio processing circuit 33 processes the video / audio signal and outputs video and audio.

After the TV program selected by the user is output, the process branches to step S12 to wait for the next input signal to be received again. In this way, in the TV operation of the user, the processes of step S12, step S13, step S19, and step S20 of FIG. 4 are repeatedly executed.

The processing steps at the time of outputting the text data signal (closed caption signal) are also the same. For example, when the teletext key 48 in FIG. 3 is pressed, the text characters corresponding to the currently selected TV program are displayed. An instruction signal for instructing is output from the remote commander 13. When the TV receiver 17 receives this instruction signal, the reception waiting process for the input signal in step S12 is canceled, and in the following step S13, it is determined that the input signal is not the signal for setting the program guide mode, and in step S19, It is determined that the program guide mode is not ON, and the process of step S20 is performed.

In step S20, the control microcomputer 34 follows the instruction signal from the user and selects and demodulates the text data signal corresponding to the program specified by the user (the TV program of the channel where the video and audio is being output now). The command signal to instruct is output to the data broadcast receiving circuit 32. In response to this command, the data broadcast receiving circuit 3
2 selects and demodulates the text data signal corresponding to the designated program and transmits the text data signal to the video / audio processing circuit 33. The video / audio processing circuit 33 superimposes the text data signal on the TV video signal, and the CRT 3
Output to 6.

In this way, the teletext selected by the user is output.

Next, the operation of the program guide mode using the hypertext data signal will be described.

When the user presses the program guide key 41 in FIG. 3 once, the remote commander 13 outputs an instruction signal for setting the program guide mode.

When the TV receiver 17 receives this instruction signal, the input signal waiting process in step S12 of FIG. 4 is canceled, and in step S13, the input signal is judged to be a signal for setting the program guide mode, and the process continues. The process of step S14 is executed. In step S14, it is determined whether or not the program guide mode has already been set. In this case, since the program guide mode has not been set yet, the processing of the subsequent step S15 is performed. In step S15, the control microcomputer 34 sets the program guide mode to ON. After that, the TV receiver 17 operates in the program guide mode using the hypertext data signal.

In the following step S16, the control microcomputer 34 obtains the control data signal (text data signal and hypertext data signal corresponding thereto) for displaying the homepage from the HDD 35, and the homepage corresponding to this control data signal. Image data signal is generated and output to the video / audio processing circuit 33.

The video / audio processing circuit 33 superimposes the above-mentioned image data signal on the TV video signal being output, and outputs the CRT 36.
Output to.

FIG. 5 shows a display example of the home page screen displayed on the CRT 36 in this way.

The home page shown in FIG. 5 is a text T1, a text T2, and a TV using hypertext.
It is composed of a program area A1 and a URL display portion A10.

Here, the HTML used in these texts will be described.

HTML (HYPER TEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE)
Is a language for writing hypertext,
By embedding a command called a tag in the text, it is possible to express character modifications, bullet points, and line breaks. Furthermore, by describing a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) associated with text as an anchor tag, a link can be established between the text and the home page specified by the URL.

Further, by using a software called a dedicated WWW browser, it is possible to call various information files from the text with this link. This file called from text is
Not only the file on the HDD on the client side, but also the file on the server on the network can be freely called. This is the main feature of HTML.

As this browser, NC of the University of Illinois
SA (NATIONAL CENTER FOR SUPERCOMPUTING APPLICATIO
N), the software called MOSAIC, which was first developed, is famous.

Internet WWW (WORLD WIDE WE
B) is a system using this HTML, MOSAI
Software such as C becomes an HTML browser, and files of WWW servers around the world can be called and displayed in real time.

In the WWW system used on the Internet, a network address (domain information) called URL (UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR) is given to a WWW server connected to the network. Also, by attaching a tag describing a related URL to the text described in HTML, it is possible to link to the file in the WWW server specified by the URL.

For example, by placing the cursor on the text linked to the file in the WWW server and clicking the file, the file in the linked WWW server is converted into WWW.
It is transferred from the server to the client, and the home page of the WWW server is displayed on the client side. In this way, the WWW system using HTML can easily access the WWW server on the network and handle various data such as images, voices, texts, and moving images.

Returning to the description of the home page shown in FIG. 5, the text T1, the text T2, and the TV program area A1 are displayed.
Is hypertext in which related files are linked to the text characters using HTML, whereas these texts are displayed as normal (non-file linked) text characters, for example, in black. hand,
Different from this, for example, it is displayed in blue.

The text T1 represents hypertext linked with a file for displaying the program guide during broadcasting, and the text T2 represents hypertext linked with a file for displaying the broadcast channel guide. There is.

The TV program area A1 is 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 1
A hypertext in which a file for displaying the content of the TV program of each channel corresponding to each of the texts indicated by 0, 12, U1, U2, and BS is linked is shown.

The URL display area A10 is an area for displaying the file name linked to the text character of the hypertext designated by the cursor.

Since the cursor is now at the position "1" indicating the channel number 1 of the TV program in the TV program area A1 shown in FIG. 5, the file name linked to the text at the cursor position is the URL. It is displayed on the display portion A10.

By operating the up / down / left / right keys 42 to 45, the cursor is moved to 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 1 of the TV program area A1.
By pressing the enter key 46 in accordance with the position of each channel represented by 2, U1, U2, BS, the video and audio of that channel can be output. The operation at this time will be described.

From the state of the screen shown in FIG.
When the right key 45 of is pressed once, the remote commander 13
A cursor movement instruction signal is output.

When the TV receiver 17 receives this instruction signal, the input signal reception waiting in step S12 of FIG. 4 is released, and in the following step S13, it is determined that the input signal is not the instruction signal for setting the program guide mode. , Step S1
It branches to 9 and the program guide mode is turned on in step S19.
Therefore, the processing of step S21 is performed.

At step S21, the input signal is HTML.
Processing signal (a signal by the confirm key) or a cursor position update signal (a signal by the up / down / left / right keys) is determined. In this case, since it is the instruction signal by the operation of the right key 45, the cursor It is determined that the signal is the position update signal, and the process of step S23 is executed.

In step S23, the control microcomputer 34 generates a cursor display image data signal by moving the position of the cursor displayed on the screen one position to the right in response to the operation of the right key 45, and , The file name linked to the destination text character (in this case, the text indicated by 3 in the TV program area A1) is acquired from the control data signal stored in the HDD 35, and the image data signal to be displayed on the URL display unit A10 is displayed. The generated image data signals are output to the video / audio processing circuit 33.

The video / audio processing circuit 33 superimposes this image data signal on the video signal being output and outputs it to the CRT 36.

In this way, the cursor is one to the right, T
The file name linked to the cursor position by HTML is moved to the position 3 of the TV program in the V program area A1 which indicates the channel number 3 of the TV program, and the URL display portion A10 is displayed.
The screen data to be displayed on is output. In this way
The user can freely move the cursor to the desired character described in HTML by operating the up / down / left / right keys 42 to 46.

In this state (the cursor is located at the position 3 indicating the channel number 3 in the TV program area A1), when the user presses the enter key 46 in FIG. 3, the remote commander 13 is instructed to determine the selection. An instruction signal to perform is output.

When the TV receiver 17 receives this instruction signal, the input signal reception waiting in step S12 of FIG. 4 is released, and the processing of step S21 is performed through the following steps S13 and S19.

In step S21, the control microcomputer 34 determines the type of input signal. In this case, since the input signal is the HTML processing instruction signal by the operation of the confirm key 46, it is determined that the input signal is the HTML processing signal (the signal by the confirm key 46), and the HTML of step S22
Execute the processing by.

In step S22, the control microcomputer 34 obtains the corresponding executable file (file according to the control data signal) from the HDD 35 and processes this file. In this case, the processing of the file is the processing of outputting the TV video / audio of the channel number 3, so the control microcomputer 34 sets the T channel of the channel number 3.
A command for selecting and demodulating the V video / audio signal is output to the TV broadcast receiving circuit 31, and the above-described TV video / audio output processing is executed. After that, the control microcomputer 34 sets the program guide mode to OFF, and thereafter, the TV receiver 1
7 operates in the TV operation mode.

Next, returning to the state of outputting the home page screen of FIG. 5 again, the user operates the up / down / left / right keys 42 to 45 to move the cursor to the text T1 for executing the TV program guide on the air. The operation when the enter key 46 is pressed at the position of will be described.

When the user operates the up, down, left and right keys 42 to 45 from the state of the screen shown in FIG. An instruction signal to perform is output.

When the TV receiver 17 receives this instruction signal, the input signal reception waiting in step S12 of FIG. 4 is canceled, and then the processing of step S22 is performed through step S13, step S19, and step S21.

In step S22, the control microcomputer 34 reads the corresponding file from the HDD 35 and processes this file. In the present case, the processing of the file is processing of displaying the program guide during broadcasting (processing of displaying the hierarchical subsequent selection screen), so the control microcomputer 34 uses the file to display the image of the screen to be displayed next. A data signal is generated and output to the video / audio processing circuit 33. The video / audio processing circuit 33 performs the above-described image data superimposing process and outputs a video signal.

In this way, the screen displayed when the text T1 (1. program guide during broadcasting) is selected from the home page shown in FIG. 5 by operating the up / down / left / right keys 42 to 45 and the enter key 46 is shown in FIG. Shown in.

The screen shown in FIG. 6 is a program guide screen of the TV program currently being broadcast, and the up / down / left / right keys 42 to 4 are used.
5 indicates the cursor with text T11 to T20
By moving to the V program and pressing the confirmation key 46, the selection screen is such that detailed information of the corresponding program can be obtained.

The lower right text T31 on the screen of FIG.
This is a hypertext for redisplaying the home page screen shown in FIG. 5 by moving the cursor on this area by operating the up / down / left / right keys 42 to 45 and pressing the confirmation key 46.

From the state of the screen shown in FIG. 6, the user operates the up / down / left / right keys 42 to 45 to move the cursor to the text T12 showing the daily English conversation being broadcast on channel number 3.
It is assumed that the enter key 46 is pressed at the position of. Then, the remote commander 13 outputs an instruction signal for instructing the selection decision.

When the TV receiver 17 receives this instruction signal, the input signal reception waiting in step S12 of FIG. 4 is released, and then the processing of step S22 is performed through step S13, step S19, and step S21. .

In step S22, the control microcomputer 34 reads the corresponding file from the HDD 35 and processes this file. In the present case, the processing of the file is a processing of displaying the details of everyday English conversation provided by the channel number 3 (processing of displaying the hierarchical subsequent selection screen).
Generates an image data signal for the next screen using the file and outputs it to the video / audio processing circuit 33. The video / audio processing circuit 33 performs the above-described image data superimposing process and outputs a video signal.

FIG. 7 shows a screen displayed when the text T12 is selected by operating the up / down / left / right keys 42 to 45 and the enter key 46 from the selection screen shown in FIG.

The screen of FIG. 7 displays detailed information of the program content of channel number 3.

The text T32 at the bottom of FIG. 7 is 1 when the user moves the cursor to this text by operating the up / down / left / right keys 42 to 45 and presses the confirmation key 46.
It is a hypertext for displaying the previous screen (screen of FIG. 6).

In the screen of FIG. 7, the text T41 of "daily English conversation", the text T42 of "teacher", the text T43 of "text", and the text T44 of "FAX" are hypertext characters linked to related files. , And each of these text characters is displayed in blue, which is different from other normal black text characters.

The screen displayed when the user operates the up / down / left / right keys 42 to 45 from the state of the screen shown in FIG. 7 to move the cursor to the position of the text T41 (daily English conversation) and presses the enter key 46. Is shown in FIG. The processing operation of the TV receiver 17 at this time is the same as the operation when the channel number 3 in the TV program area A1 is selected from the screen shown in FIG.

The screen shown in FIG. 8 shows the TV video output of the program of channel number 3. Of course, at this time, the TV sound of channel number 3 is output from the speaker 37.

In the screen shown in FIG. 9, the user operates the up / down / left / right keys 42 to 45 from the state of the screen shown in FIG.
The screen displayed when the cursor is positioned at the text T42 (lecturer) and the confirm key 46 is pressed is shown. Regarding the processing operation of the TV receiver 17 at this time,
The operation is similar to that when the text T1 is selected from the screen shown in FIG.

The screen shown in FIG. 9 is a screen for displaying detailed information about the instructor in charge of TV program No. 3 "daily English conversation".

In the screen shown in FIG. 10, the user operates the up, down, left, and right keys 42 to 45 from the state of the screen shown in FIG. 7, sets the cursor to the position of the text T43 (text), and presses the enter key 46. It shows the screen that is sometimes displayed.

The screen shown in FIG. 10 is a screen for displaying detailed information about the text used in the "daily English conversation" of this TV program.

In the screen shown in FIG. 11, the user operates the up, down, left and right keys 42 to 45 from the state of the screen shown in FIG. 7, sets the cursor to the position of the text T44 (FAX), and presses the enter key 46. It shows the screen that is sometimes displayed.

The screen shown in FIG. 11 is for receiving the text used in "everyday English conversation" of this TV program by FAX.
It is a screen for using the AX service.

It is assumed that the user operates the up / down / left / right keys 42 to 45 in FIG. 3 on the screen shown in FIG. 11 to move the cursor to the text T51 (confirmation) and depresses the confirmation key 46. Then, the remote commander 13 outputs an instruction signal for instructing selection.

When the TV receiver 17 receives this instruction signal, the input signal reception waiting in step S12 of FIG. 4 is released, and the processing of step S22 is performed through the following steps S13, S19, and S21.

At step S22, the control microcomputer 34 reads the corresponding file from the HDD 35 and processes this file. In the present case, the processing of the file is processing for receiving the FAX service, and therefore the control microcomputer 34 uses the file to perform FAX processing.
FAX of the FAX transmission destination to the telephone number of the service provider
Signals such as number information and FAX transmission request are transmitted to the telephone line 16 via the modem 15.

In this way, it is possible to automatically access the FAX service provider and receive the FAX service.

Next, it returns to the state of outputting the home page screen of FIG. 5 again. When the user operates the up / down / left / right keys 42 to 45 to move the cursor to the position of the text T2 for executing the TV broadcast program guide and presses the enter key 46 from the state where the screen of FIG. 5 is displayed. The screen displayed in FIG.

FIG. 12 shows a selection screen for providing detailed information on the broadcast contents of the TV broadcasting station.

As shown in FIG. 12, this selection screen shows the position on the map of each TV broadcasting station, and the texts T61 to T64 of each TV broadcasting station are related files using HTML. Are linked.

In FIG. 13, the user operates the up / down / left / right keys 4 of FIG.
By the operations from 2 to 45, the text T61 shown in FIG.
This is a screen displayed when the cursor is moved to (NNN) and the enter key 46 is pressed, and shows the program guide of the NNN broadcasting station.

As shown in FIG. 13, this screen displays text T71 (genre) and text T72 (e-mail).
, And these texts are hypertext linked to the associated file using HTML.

The text T71 is a hypertext for executing the process of displaying the detailed information on the genre of the program broadcast on NNN (the process of displaying the subsequent hierarchical selection screen), and the text T72 is the text. A hypertext for displaying an e-mail input screen (not shown) after selecting this text and transmitting the mail to the NNN broadcasting station via the modem 15 after inputting the mail.

In FIG. 14, the user operates the up / down / left / right key 4 of FIG.
By the operations from 2 to 45, the text T71 shown in FIG.
This screen is displayed when the cursor is moved over (genre) and the enter key 46 is pressed, and shows information on the genre of the program provided by the NNN broadcasting station.

As shown in FIG. 14, this screen displays the HTM
Contains text T81-T88 for the genre linked to the file with L. Text T81 to T
Each of the texts 88 is hypertext for displaying the subsequent hierarchical selection screen.

In FIG. 15, the user operates the up / down / left / right key 4 of FIG.
By the operations from 2 to 45, the text T87 shown in FIG.
This is a screen displayed when the cursor is moved to (movie) and the enter key 46 is pressed, and shows information about movie programs provided by the NNN broadcasting station.

As shown in FIG. 15, this screen displays the HTM
The text T91 (rebroadcast) relating to the rebroadcast information linked to the file using L is included, and the text T91 is
It is a hypertext for displaying a subsequent hierarchical selection screen.

In FIG. 16, the user operates the up / down / left / right keys 4 of FIG.
By the operations from 2 to 45, the text T91 shown in FIG.
It is a screen displayed when the cursor is moved to (rebroadcast) and the enter key 46 is pressed, and a selection screen for automatically making a recording reservation of a movie program provided by an NNN broadcasting station is shown. There is.

As shown in FIG. 16, this screen displays the HTM
Includes texts T101 to T104 relating to automatic recording reservation linked to a file by using L, and text T1
Reference numeral 01 is a hypertext for displaying the subsequent hierarchical selection screens, and the texts T102 to T10.
Reference numeral 4 is a hypertext for executing automatic recording reservation.

By operating the up / down / left / right keys 42 to 45,
Move the cursor over the text T101 and press the Enter key 4
FIG. 17 shows a screen displayed when 6 is pressed. The screen of FIG. 17 is a screen for displaying an explanation about the recording reservation.

Returning to the explanation of the screen shown in FIG. 16, the user operates the up / down / left / right keys 42 to 45 to display the text T102.
Move the cursor up and press the Enter key 46,
The movie'Gas Light 'will be broadcast on NNN from 18:00 on August 9th.
The recording reservation process is automatically performed for the VCR 14.

To explain the processing at this time, the user
Move the cursor over the text T102 and press the Enter key 4
When 6 is pressed, the remote commander 13 outputs an instruction signal for instructing the selection decision.

When the TV receiver 17 receives this instruction signal, the input signal reception waiting in step S12 of FIG. 4 is released, and the processing of step S22 is performed through the following steps S13, S19, and S21.

In step S22, the control microcomputer 34 reads the corresponding file from the HDD 35 and processes this file. In this case, the processing of the file is a processing of making an automatic recording reservation, and therefore the control microcomputer 34 uses the file to set the TV broadcasting station to N
It is NN, the broadcast date is August 9, and the broadcast time is 18
A command signal for recording reservation, which is time and broadcast time is 3 hours, is output to the VCR 14 via the infrared light emitting unit 14a.

In this way, the recording reservation can be automatically set for the VCR 14.

When switching from the program guide mode to the normal TV operation mode, the program guide key 41 shown in FIG. 3 is pressed while the program guide mode is set to ON. Then, the process of step S14 is performed through steps S12 and S13 of FIG. In step S14, it is determined whether or not the program guide mode is set. In this case, it is determined that the program guide mode is set, and in step S17, the program guide mode is set to OFF and the subsequent steps In S18, the control microcomputer 34 stops the output of the image data signal to the video / audio processing circuit 33 and switches to the normal TV operation mode. Thus, by pressing the program guide key 41, the program guide mode can be switched to the normal TV operation mode.

The file linked to the text using HTML may be the file in the TV receiver (the file stored in the HDD 35 in the above-mentioned embodiment) or the file on another server on the network. It can be a file (for example, a file on a WWW server on the Internet).

The operation for accessing a file on the WWW server (access point) on the Internet will now be described.

For example, if the file linked to the text selected by the remote commander 13 is the file stored in the WWW server on the Internet (the file described in the HTML specified by the URL), the control microcomputer 34 is the URL of the link destination
To access PPP (Point to Point Proto
col) Make a dial-up IP connection based on protocol. That is, a connection control signal including a telephone number and an ID for connecting to a pre-registered Internet service provider is output to the modem 15 via the connector 15a in a preset procedure. Modem 15
Converts the connection control signal into a predetermined frequency signal which is in accordance with the standard of the telephone line, and outputs it to the telephone line 16.

Then, when the dial-up IP connection is completed with the PPP server of the Internet service provider and the Internet is connected via this PPP server, the corresponding WWW server is based on the URL of the link destination. Access to. The HTML file such as the home page specified by the URL transferred from the WWW server in response to this access is transmitted via the telephone line 16 via the service provider, input to the modem 15, and demodulated. After that, the data is temporarily stored in the HDD 35 via the control microcomputer 34. The control microcomputer 34 reads out the HTML file once stored and processes it to generate an image data signal of a homepage or the like, and outputs it to the video / audio processing circuit 33. The video / audio processing circuit 33 performs the above-described superimposing process of the image data signal and outputs the video signal.

In this way, the VBI of the TV video signal is multiplexed with the hypertext data signal including the URL information (domain information) and transmitted, so that the TV broadcast program can be viewed and, if necessary, the URL. It is possible to automatically connect to the WWW server on the Internet that spreads to the world on the Internet corresponding to, and to trace various homepages of WWW information sources by following homepages that are linked one after another, as is known as so-called internet surfing. You can browse and enjoy network services.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the data broadcast receiving circuit 3 is integrally incorporated in the television receiver has been described, but the data broadcast receiving circuit 3 shown in FIG.
2. The extended function part including the control microcomputer 34 and the HDD 35 may be configured as an extension box called a so-called set-top box and may be used in combination with an existing television receiver.

Further, an example in which the HDD 35 is used as a storage means for storing a hypertext data signal and the like is shown, but a magneto-optical disk using a removable magneto-optical disk such as MD (Mini Disk (trademark)) data or MO as a recording medium. Of course, a recording / reproducing device may be used. in this case,
By replacing the recording medium, a file can be browsed in the same way as in the above case even on a TV receiver that is not in an environment connected to a network.

As described above, the hypertext data signal can be used to provide the user with various information services related to TV broadcast programs, including TV program guides.

As described above, the hypertext data signal including the control information for providing various information services as well as the TV receiver for processing various information services,
There is commercial value by itself, and it is possible to set a stepwise service system corresponding to the service usage fee in the control contents of the hypertext data signal and differentiate the service according to the level of each service usage fee.

In addition to the above-described embodiment, the present invention is not limited to T
Processes related to the contents of V broadcasting on the WW on the Internet
Various modifications are possible, such as being executed by the W server or being executed by various peripheral devices connected to the TV receiver 17.

[0148]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to realize a service for introducing a program to a viewer and promptly and surely selecting a desired program from the introduction. Becomes

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a TV broadcasting device 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a TV receiver 17 of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an operation unit of a remote commander 13.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of the TV receiver 17 shown in FIG.

5 is a diagram showing a display example of a home page screen displayed on the CRT 36 when the program guide key 41 of the remote commander of FIG. 3 is operated.

6 is a text T1 from the home page screen shown in FIG.
It is a figure which shows a screen when is selected.

7 is a diagram showing a screen when a text T12 is selected from the display screen shown in FIG.

8 is a diagram showing a screen when a text T41 is selected from the display screen shown in FIG.

9 is a diagram showing a screen when a text T42 is selected from the display screen shown in FIG.

10 is a diagram showing a screen when a text T43 is selected from the display screen shown in FIG.

11 is a diagram showing a screen when a text T44 is selected from the display screen shown in FIG.

FIG. 12 is a text T from the home page screen shown in FIG.
It is a figure which shows the screen when 2 is selected.

13 is a diagram showing a screen when a text T61 is selected from the display screen shown in FIG.

14 is a diagram showing a screen when a text T71 is selected from the display screen shown in FIG.

15 is a diagram showing a screen when a text T87 is selected from the display screen shown in FIG.

16 is a diagram showing a screen when text T91 is selected from the display screen shown in FIG.

FIG. 17 shows a text T101 from the display screen shown in FIG.
It is a figure which shows a screen when is selected.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 TV broadcasting device, 2 antennas, 11 antennas, 13 remote commander, 14 VCR, 1
5 modems, 16 telephone lines, 17 TV receivers,
21 TV signal generation circuit, 22 text data signal generation circuit, 23 hypertext data signal generation circuit, 24 multiplexer, 25 transmission circuit, 3
1 TV broadcast receiving circuit, 32 data broadcast receiving circuit,
33 video / audio processing circuit, 34 control microcomputer, 35 hard disk drive, 36 C
RT, 37 speakers

Continued front page    (72) Inventor Jun Ota             6-735 Kita-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Soni             -Inside the corporation (72) Inventor Chisato Tokita             6-735 Kita-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Soni             -Inside the corporation F-term (reference) 5C025 BA27 BA28 CA09 CB08 CB09                       DA05

Claims (19)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of data described in a markup language, including program broadcast information, link information, a display processing operation in a broadcast receiving device, and a control signal for setting recording of broadcast data in a storage medium. Receiving means for receiving from a predetermined server via the Internet, storing means for storing a plurality of data described in the markup language, and a plurality of storing means for storing the plurality of data described in the markup language At least 1 from the data
A process for extracting data described in one markup language, analyzing the data described in the markup language, and generating a display signal including a link display portion indicating that the markup language is linked to another data is processed. The processing means includes a processing means for performing the operation, and a user interface means for instructing a link location of the link information by clicking a link display portion of the displayed display signal, the processing means including the link instructed by the user interface means Recognize the link information of the location,
The data described in the markup language corresponding to the recognized link information is acquired from a predetermined server via the Internet, the acquired data described in the markup language is analyzed, and a predetermined display signal is generated. If the acquired data includes a control signal for setting recording of the broadcast data to the storage medium, the recorded data is recorded to the storage medium based on the control signal. A broadcast receiving device characterized by performing setting processing. 2. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the link information includes address information of data described in the markup language. 3. The processing means recognizes the address information of the link display portion instructed by the user interface means to obtain data described in a markup language corresponding to the recognized address information. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 2, wherein the broadcast receiving device is taken out from the storage means. 4. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display content displayed based on the display signal is related to the display content displayed based on the program broadcast information. 5. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data described in the markup language is data transmitted from a broadcasting station at a predetermined time. 6. The storage medium is a recording device connected to the broadcast receiving device.
The broadcast receiving device according to. 7. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control signal for setting recording of the broadcast data in a storage medium is a control signal for making a recording reservation of a broadcast program. . 8. A plurality of data described in a markup language, including program broadcast information, link information, a display processing operation in a broadcast receiving device, and a control signal for setting recording of broadcast data in a storage medium. A receiving step of receiving from a predetermined server via the Internet, a storing step of storing a plurality of data written in the markup language, and a writing step written in the markup language stored in the processing of the storing step. A link display portion is provided that extracts data described in at least one markup language from a plurality of data, analyzes the data described in the markup language, and indicates that the data is linked to other data. A processing step for performing processing for generating a display signal; A user interface step of instructing a link location of the link information by clicking the link display portion of the number, the processing step recognizes the link information of the link location instructed in the processing of the user interface step, The data described in the markup language corresponding to the recognized link information is acquired from a predetermined server via the Internet, the acquired data described in the markup language is analyzed, and a predetermined display signal is generated. If the acquired data includes a control signal for setting recording of the broadcast data to the storage medium, the recorded data is recorded to the storage medium based on the control signal. A broadcast receiving method characterized by performing setting processing. 9. A plurality of data described in a markup language, including program broadcast information, link information, a display processing operation in a broadcast receiving apparatus and a control signal for controlling a modem, are transmitted to a predetermined data via the Internet. At least one of receiving means for receiving from the server, storage means for storing a plurality of data described in the markup language, and a plurality of data described in the markup language stored by the storage means
A process for extracting data described in one markup language, analyzing the data described in the markup language, and generating a display signal including a link display portion indicating that the markup language is linked to another data is processed. And a user interface unit for instructing a link location of link information by clicking a link display portion of the displayed display signal, wherein the processing unit includes a link location instructed by the user interface unit. Recognizes the link information of, acquires the data described in the markup language corresponding to the recognized link information from a predetermined server via the Internet, and analyzes the acquired data described in the markup language. , When a predetermined display signal is generated and presented to the user, Moni, wherein if the acquired data includes a control signal for controlling the modem based on said control signal, a broadcast receiving apparatus and outputs a predetermined instruction signal to the modem. 10. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the link information includes address information of data described in the markup language. 11. The processing means recognizes the address information of the link display portion instructed by the user interface means to obtain data described in a markup language corresponding to the recognized address information. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 10, wherein the broadcast receiving device is taken out from the storage means. 12. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the display content displayed based on the display signal is related to the display content displayed based on the program broadcast information. 13. The user interface means comprises:
The broadcast receiving device according to claim 9, which is a remote controller of the television broadcast receiving device. 14. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the data described in the markup language is data transmitted from a broadcasting station at a predetermined time. 15. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the modem is a modem for connecting to a server on a computer network. 16. A plurality of data described in a markup language, including control signals for controlling program broadcasting information, link information, a display processing operation in a broadcast receiving apparatus and a modem, are transmitted to a predetermined data via the Internet. A receiving step of receiving from the server, a storing step of storing a plurality of data described in the markup language, and a plurality of data described in the markup language stored in the processing of the storing step, For extracting data described in at least one markup language, analyzing the data described in the markup language, and generating a display signal including a link display portion indicating that the data is linked to other data. A processing step for performing processing and a link display portion of the displayed display signal A user interface step of instructing a link location of the link information by clicking, the processing step recognizes the link information of the link location instructed in the processing of the user interface step, and adds to the recognized link information. The data described by the corresponding markup language is acquired from a predetermined server via the Internet, the data described by the acquired markup language is analyzed, and a predetermined display signal is generated and presented to the user, A broadcast receiving method, wherein when the acquired data includes a control signal for controlling the modem, a predetermined command signal is output to the modem based on the control signal. 17. Program broadcast information, link information including an address of data described in a markup language, display processing operation in a broadcast receiving device, and control for controlling a modem establishing a connection with a server on a computer network. Receiving means for receiving data described in markup language including a signal from a predetermined server via the Internet, storage means for storing the data described in the markup language, and stored by the storage means. From the data described in the markup language, the data described in at least one markup language is extracted,
Processing means for analyzing the data described in the markup language and performing processing for generating a display signal including a link display portion indicating that the data is linked to other data; And a user interface unit for instructing a link location of the link information by clicking a link display portion, wherein the processing unit recognizes the link information of the link location instructed by the user interface unit
When the data described in the markup language corresponding to the recognized link information is on the server on the computer network, the modem is controlled based on the control signal included in the extracted data. Controlling, establishing a connection with the server, obtaining the data from the server, analyzing the data described in the markup language, generating a predetermined display signal and presenting it to the user. Broadcast receiver. 18. The processing means recognizes the link information of the link display portion designated by the user interface means, and the data described in a markup language corresponding to the recognized link information is stored in the storage means. 18. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the data is acquired from the storage unit, the data described in the markup language is analyzed, and a predetermined display signal is generated when the data is present. . 19. Program control information, link information including an address of data described in a markup language, display processing operation in a broadcast receiving device, and control for controlling a modem establishing a connection with a server on a computer network. A reception step of receiving data described in a markup language including a signal from a predetermined server via the Internet; a storage step of storing the data described in the markup language; and a process of the storage step. At least one of the stored data described in the markup language
A process for extracting data described in one markup language, analyzing the data described in the markup language, and generating a display signal including a link display portion indicating that the markup language is linked to another data is processed. And a user interface step of instructing a link location of the link information by clicking a link display portion of the displayed display signal, the processing step being instructed in the processing of the user interface step. If the link information of the link location is recognized and the data described in the markup language corresponding to the recognized link information is on the server on the computer network, it is included in the retrieved data. Based on the control signal,
Controlling the modem, establishing a connection with the server,
A broadcast receiving method comprising: acquiring the data from the server, analyzing the data described in the markup language, generating a predetermined display signal, and presenting the display signal to a user.