Patent ID: 8479244

Claim:
A receiving apparatus comprising: a receiving means for receiving broadcasted broadcast content and information relating to the broadcast content; an acquisition means for acquiring network content and information relating to the network content from a predetermined server via a network; a start-up controlling means for starting up, in a non-display state, a browser for providing a frame display of the broadcast content and the information relating to the broadcast content and also for providing a frame display of the network content and the information relating to the network content, wherein the browser is not displayed on a screen when in the non-display state, and maintaining the start-up condition of the browser, regardless of whether the receiving apparatus is in a broadcast content mode in which at least one of the broadcast content or the information relating to the broadcast content is displayed, or in a network content mode in which at least one of the network content or the information relating to the network content is displayed; a shared browser controlling means for controlling a start-up of a shared browser and the display and non-display of said shared browser; an operation input determination means for determining the existence or non-existence of each kind of operation input by the user, and the details thereof; and a flag holding means for holding the data broadcast display flag, which indicates whether or not the screen is in the condition of the data broadcast display and the simulated data broadcast display flag, which indicates whether or not the screen is in the condition of the simulated data broadcast display, and sets and resets them.