Patent ID: 7827577

Claim:
An internet protocol television (IPTV) of processing both service information and audio/video (AV) data, the IPTV comprising: a tuner configured to receive both service information and A/V data from a digital broadcasting network, wherein the service information includes a uniform resource locator (URL) information and the service information further includes both a first information on an icon image and a second information on an icon position; a section filter configured to collect sections on the service information using a section filtering process; a frame composer configured to display an icon informing a user that an additional information is available while displaying the A/V data and to further display a selection list identifying a plurality of the additional information, wherein the URL information is used to retrieve the additional information, the selection list includes a scroll bar to select each of the plurality of the additional information and the icon is bounded to the A/V data or is unbounded to the A/V data; a network interface configured to access the URL information via an internet network when the icon is selected, and to receive the additional information.