Patent ID: 6772394
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
A method for selecting, with operation buttons, hot spots on a browser display screen in an Internet television device, the method comprising the steps of:receiving a markup language document from a WEB server; recognizing button identifiers of operation buttons, said button identifiers being set in the received markup language document in one-to-one correspondence with selected ones of anchor tags existing in the markup language document, wherein said button identifiers are set inside said selected ones of anchor tags; creating, for each received markup language document, a button assignment table which correlates said recognized button identifiers with hot spots corresponding to said anchor tags to which said button identifiers are assigned; referring to said button assignment table, based on an operation button operated by a user, to determine which hot spot in the markup language document is indicated; and selecting the thus determined hot spot.