Patent ID: 7284258

Claim:
A program-related information providing apparatus which includes storage means for storing program information, which serves as attribute information of a program, and a program table, and which sends the program information and the program table to a terminal device via a network in response to a request from said terminal device, said program-related information providing apparatus comprising: search means for searching for the program information stored in said storage means in response to a program-reserve-record setting request for a program in the program table from said terminal device; first program-reserve-record setting script generation means for generating a first program-reserve-record setting script, which serves as a control command for recording the program in the program table on a recording medium, based on the program information searched by said search means; program-related information address display script generation means for generating a program-related information address display script including address information which indicates an address on said network of program-related information of the program in the program table and from which the program-related information is accessible, and also including display time information specifying a display time of the address information, said program-related information address display script serving as a control command for displaying the address information on said terminal device; second program-reserve-record setting script generation means for generating a second program-reserve-record setting script by attaching said program-related information address display script to said first program-reserve-record setting script; and transmission means for transmitting said second program-reserve-record setting script generated by said second program-reserve-record setting script generation means to said terminal device.