Patent ID: 8356329

Claim:
A method of indicating to a viewer of a hyperlinked television broadcast regions of a television broadcast image that have associated therewith hyperlinked information, the method implemented by a receiver comprising: displaying an interactive content icon in a first defined region of the television broadcast image; receiving a first type of user activation of a user input device in response to the display of the interactive content icon; displaying said first defined region within the television broadcast image with a modified visual effect in response to the first type of user activation of the user input device; receiving a second type of user activation of the user input device in response to the display of the region within the television broadcast image; displaying a second defined region within the television broadcast image with the modified visual effect, in response to receiving the second type of user activation of the user input device; receiving a third type of user activation of the user input device in response to the display of the second defined region within the television broadcast image with the modified visual effect; displaying an information box within the television broadcast image in response to the third user activation of the user input device; and in response to the expiry of a predetermined period of time without the second type or third type of user activation of the user input device, removing said display of said first defined region with the modified visual effect and displaying the interactive content icon in the first defined region.