Patent ID: 7024684
Filing Date: 2006-04-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A digital signal receiver, comprising: a reception processor operable to receive a broadcast signal and information data contained in said broadcast signal, said information data being repetitively transmitted during each of a plurality of first time periods of said broadcast signal, said reception processor including a browser operable to cause said received information data to be output in a user-perceptible manner; and a distributed information storage unit operable to obtain said received information data from said reception processor, said distributed information storage unit including a period separating unit and a periodizing unit, said period separating unit being operable to separate an amount of information data from said obtained information data, said separated amount of information data corresponding to an amount of said information data transmitted during a single, whole one of said first time periods, said distributed information storage unit being further operable to store said separated amount of information data in a data storage device, and to read said stored information data from said data storage device, said periodizing unit being operable to process said read information data into a periodic signal having a plurality of second time periods, said read information data being periodically contained in each of said second time periods, said distributed information storage unit being further operable to provide said periodic signal to said reception processor for output of said information data contained in said periodic signal using said browser.