Patent ID: 7788690

Claim:
An apparatus receiving television information, said apparatus comprising: a receiver, arranged to receive a digital data sequence relating to a television program; a decoder, arranged to decode image data and system data from the received digital data sequence; a layout setter, arranged to perform a layout setting mode in response to a user request, and to modify at least one of a reproduction ON/OFF state, reproduction position, and reproduction size of an image object included in the television program in accordance with a user operation received in the layout setting mode, by modifying scene description information of the image object included in the decoded system data of the television program, while the television program is displayed on a screen; a storage unit, arranged to store layout setting data regarding a modified scene description information of the image object for which a layout is modified in the layout setting mode, and to store timing for executing a layout change regarding the image object based on a time designated by a user; an obtainer, arranged to obtain a current time; and a controller, arranged to control a reproduction pattern of the decoded image data based on (a) time information obtained by said obtainer, (b) the scene description information of the image object, and (c) the stored layout setting data and timing.