Patent ID: RE43102

Claim:
An apparatus for displaying additional information in an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) , the apparatus comprising: a selector which receives a program selection input from a user and which includes a key for requesting detail information on a selected object in a selected program; a data processor which receives broadcasting signals, selects and demodulates from the received broadcasting signals the selected program, and separates additional information from the demodulated signal; a Media Object Description Table (MODT) decoder which detects from the additional information, detail information on each of certain objects in the selected program being displayed, and decodes the detail information into a plurality of object information , wherein the object information includes an object table including program information ; a storage which stores the plurality of object information; a display which displays an object information stored in the storage when the user, through said key on the selector, requests to view detail information on a particular object being displayed in the selected program and selected by the user from the objects displayed in the selected program, where said object information corresponds to the object being displayed and selected by the user; a controller which controls the separation of the additional information, the decoding of the detail information, the storing of the plurality of object information, and the display of the object information; and a connector through which the controller connects to an external source to obtain detail information in response to a request from the user to view detail information, wherein the controller connects to a network to search for the detail information requested by the user when said detail information is not included in the additional information.