Patent ID: 7657909

Claim:
An information receiving apparatus for receiving headline information related to information, comprising: memory means for storing user preference information; means for detecting reception of a plurality of headline information related to the information; means for searching, based on said user preference information stored in said memory means, headline information coincided with said user preference information among received headline information at the time when the reception of said plurality of headline information is detected by said detecting means; means for generating a first image corresponding to the user preference information; means for generating a search condition setting image corresponding to a user set search condition; means for generating a second image corresponding to a search result; and means for superimposing either: (a) the first image, and the second image, or (b) the search condition setting image; wherein the means for superimposing superimposes (a) or (b) over a current video signal; wherein said user preference information includes a plurality of registration patterns, wherein the registration pattern is pre-selected information corresponding to an event and a timing of the event and limits the headline information that is to be searched, wherein one of the plurality of registration patterns is selected first by a user, preceding a selection of corresponding search criteria, and wherein results of searching based on said user preference information are a function of the selected registration pattern combined with the selection of corresponding search criteria.