Patent ID: 6075527
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A television system comprising:a receiver associated with a television display; anda line processing device,said receiver comprising,first receiving means for receiving a television broadcast signal including transfer designation information and a program configured to control the television display to cause display of a menu screen associated with a television broadcast being received as a part of the television broadcast signal, wherein the transfer destination information and the program are embedded in a vertical blanking interval of the television broadcast signal,means for identifying the program and the transfer destination information from the television broadcast signal received by said first receiving means and for storing the identified program,means for inputting an instruction from an operator,a memory for storing identification information,display control means for causing the television display to display an additional information selection screen for selecting arbitrary additional information from plural pieces of additional information based on the stored program, in response to the instruction input by said input means, andoutput means for outputting transfer data corresponding to the additional information selected by the operator of said plural pieces of additional information, together with the identification information stored in said memory, according to the transfer destination information, in response to the instruction input by said input means; andthe line processing device comprising,second receiving means for receiving the transfer data and the identification information output from said output means, andprocessing means for executing processing which corresponds to the additional information selected by the operator, according to the transfer data and identification information received by said second receiving means.