Patent ID: 7113972

Claim:
An event sending method in a digital broadcasting receiver that sends to an application running in the digital broadcasting receiver an event corresponding to an input from a user operation of a remote control, comprising: registering first application determining information in the digital broadcasting receiver based on first receivable event information, wherein the first receivable event information identifies which event corresponding to an input from the user can be received by a first application which is stored in the digital broadcasting receiver and which is capable of executing a process based on the event identified in the first receivable event information in the digital broadcasting receiver; registering second application determining information in the digital broadcasting receiver based on second receivable event information, wherein the second receivable event information identifies which event corresponding to an input from the user can be received by a second application which is stored in the digital broadcasting receiver and which is capable of executing a process based on the event identified in the second receivable event information in the digital broadcasting receiver; 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.