Patent ID: 6622306
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: G06F,G09G,H01L,H04N

Abstract:
An Internet television apparatus having an Internet connecting capability, comprising:a connector for connecting to a Web server of the Internet; a storage unit for storing a markup language document received from the Web server; an interpreter for interpreting the markup language document and developing an image on an image memory; a display device for displaying the developed image thereon; a wireless remote controller having an operation key or keys for indicating at least four directions for remotely controlling the Internet television apparatus; a recognizer for recognizing, for each markup language document, anchor tags existing in the markup language document to detect mutual positional relationship among hot spots, corresponding to the recognized anchor tags, on a browser screen so as to generate a transfer list which defines, for each hot spot, indication of either no hot spot or a hot spot existing next to said each hot spot in respective directions capable of being indicated by said operation key or keys; and a control unit for determining to which hot spot a focus is to be transferred next from a currently focused hot spot, by referring to said transfer list on the basis of the currently focused hot spot and a user's operation to said operation key or keys for indicating at least four directions, and for transferring said focus to the determined hot spot.