Patent ID: 6199206
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
A television receiver comprising:a receiving means for receiving a television broadcast signal including television program signals and multimedia data files including data described by a markup language, the multimedia data file relating to said television program signals, the data described by the markup language including one or more control signals for controlling display processing of said television receiver and controlling one or more other devices and including address information which designates a linked multimedia data file located at a server on a computer network;an extraction means for extracting said multimedia data files from said received television broadcast signal;a processing means for interpreting at least one of the extracted multimedia data files and generating a display signal, wherein the display signal includes link portions based on said data described by the markup language;a user interface means for pointing to at least one of the displayed link portions; anda connection means for establishing a connection with said server having said address information and for receiving said linked multimedia data file from said server,wherein said processing means recognizes said address information of each pointed to link portion, retrieves said linked multimedia data file corresponding to said recognized address information from said server via said connection means, and interprets said retrieved linked multimedia data file and generates said display signal, and when said retrieved linked multimedia data file includes said one or more control signals for controlling said one or more other devices, said processing means outputs a command signal according to said one or more control signals to said one or more other devices.