Patent ID: 7113982

Claim:
A method for sending an event, corresponding to an input from a user operation of a remote control, to an application running in a digital broadcast receiver, comprising: receiving a first application transmitted via a digital broadcast; registering first application determining information in the digital broadcast receiver based on first receivable event information that identifies which event corresponding to an input from the user can be received by the first application capable of executing a process based on the event identified in the first receivable event information; receiving a second application transmitted via the digital broadcast; registering second application determining information in the digital broadcast receiver based on second receivable event information that identifies which event corresponding to an input from the user can be received by the second application capable of executing a process based on the event identified in the second receivable event information; sending the event corresponding to the input from the user to the first application when the first application determining information identifies the event corresponding to the input from the user can be received by the first application; and sending the event corresponding to the input from the user to the second application when the second application determining information identifies the event corresponding to the input from the user can be received by the second application.