Patent ID: 7478417

Claim:
A method for browsing the Web on the Internet, comprising using a broadcast system which includes a transmitting unit for compressing video data in accordance with a predetermined compression scheme and transmitting the compressed video data, and a receiving unit for receiving and decoding the transmitted video data and directly transmitting the decoded video data to a video display device, the method comprising the steps of: converting a web page transmitted to the transmitting unit from the Internet into video data; compressing the video data in accordance with the predetermined compression scheme; transmitting the compressed video data; receiving and decoding the transmitted video data using the receiving unit to directly transmit the decoded video data to a video display device, without requiring a browser application; and establishing an association between a link provided to the video data and a position of a cursor in the video data transmitted to the video display device by comparing a position coordinate of the cursor with coordinates of points included in area links linked to other web pages; wherein: said predetermined compressed scheme is an MPEG-2 standard; said step of converting a web page comprises providing the link to the video data on the basis of a link provided to the web page, wherein providing the link to the video data comprises: extracting a web address linked to the link provided to the web page, and placing the link to the video data on the basis of the position of the link provided to the web page; said step of transmitting the compressed video data comprises transmitting the compressed video data and information about the link to the video data; said step of receiving and decoding the transmitted video data comprises: decoding the received video data; transmitting the decoded video data to the video display device, and establishing an association between the information about the link provided to the received video data and a position of a cursor in the video data transmitted to the video display device; said video data includes audio data when said web page includes voice or sound; and sending link information to the transmitting unit when any one link provided to the video data transmitted to the video display device is selected; and transmitting a web page linked to the selected link from the Internet to the transmitting unit.