Patent ID: 7301581

Claim:
A television receiver, comprising: a first selector that selects a broadcast signal for display of a video; a second selector that selects a broadcast signal for output of a sound independently from the broadcast signal for display of a video; a third selector that selects a broadcast signal for display of program link information independently from the broadcast signal for display of a video and the broadcast signal for output of a sound, wherein the program link information is displayable information that relates to a program and is included in the broadcast signal together with a video signal and a sound signal for said program; a receiver that receives the broadcast signals selected by said first selector as a first broadcast signal, selected by said second selector as a second broadcast signal and selected by said third selector as a third broadcast signal; a signal extractor that extracts a video signal from the first broadcast signal, a sound signal from the second broadcast signal and program link information from the third broadcast signal received by said receiver; a combiner that combines the video signal and program link information signal extracted by said signal extractor with each other and outputs the combined video signal; a display device that displays as a video the combined video signal output from said combiner; and a sound output device that outputs as a sound the sound signal extracted by said signal extractor.