Patent ID: 6907232

Claim:
A receiver for retrieving content related information from a plurality of broadcasting channels, said receiver comprising: a receiving section operable to receive distribution information containing program information and incidental information from said plurality of broadcasting channels; an operation section operable to designate retrieval key information corresponding to a retrieval key inputted by a user; a retrieval section operable to identify broadcasting channels with incidental information containing said retrieval key information, retrieve one or more broadcasting channels with incidental information containing said retrieval key information, and retrieve content related information from said one or more broadcasting channels with incidental information containing said retrieval key information; and a display section operable to display content related information; a confirmation section operable to ask a user to confirm retrieval of content related information before the payment obligation of an additional fee occurs; wherein a free charge or a fixed charge is set within a predetermined range and a payment obligation of an additional fee occurs when this predetermined range is exceeded during communication via said network, and wherein said retrieval section retrieves said content related information when the execution of a retrieval is instructed by said confirmation section.