Patent ID: 8205225

Claim:
A television receiver comprising: means for receiving a television broadcast signal including television program signals for television programs and multimedia data files which provide a guide for the television programs, the multimedia data files including address information which designates a linked multimedia data file; means for extracting said multimedia data files from the television broadcast signal to form extracted multimedia data files; means for storing the extracted multimedia data files and said linked multimedia data file; means for retrieving at least one of the extracted multimedia data files from the means for storing, and displaying a program explanation for a corresponding one of the television programs in accordance with the at least one of the extracted multimedia data files, the program explanation including a link portion that is associated with the address information; and means for selecting the link portion included in the program explanation which is displayed, wherein said means for retrieving recognizes said address information associated with said link portion selected by the means for selecting, retrieves said linked multimedia data file designated by the address information, and displays cast information of the corresponding one of the television programs in accordance with the linked multimedia data file which is retrieved, wherein the multimedia data files include a program guide that simultaneously displays a plurality of program titles corresponding to a plurality of the television programs, and the program explanation corresponds to only one of the program titles, the program explanation being displayed alone without other program explanations for other television programs on a different screen than the program guide when the one of the program titles is selected from the displayed program guide, and the displayed program explanation includes a description of a content of the television program corresponding to the selected program title.