Patent ID: 6701524
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A transmitting apparatus for an interactive communication system using a broadcast wave, comprising:obtaining means for obtaining pieces of page information representing a page containing characters and images, said page information including link information to show a link to another page, character information, and image information; producing means for producing, using the obtained pieces of page information, a plurality of transmitting data units, each transmitting data unit including an information for separating a transmitting data unit by a receiving apparatus, upon a user request, one at a time from the broadcast wave, and including a plurality of frames of image data and control information, the control information, for each frame of image data, showing a link to another frame of image data; first storage means for storing the plurality of frames of image data; second storage means for storing control information; and transmitting means for repeatedly transmitting the plurality of frames of image data together with corresponding control information.