Patent ID: 7272843

Claim:
A broadcast signal receiving method wherein broadcast information broadcasted and received by a broadcast signal receiving apparatus is displayed in a manner interlocked with auxiliary information stored in said broadcast signal receiving apparatus in advance, wherein said broadcast information includes video and audio data and said auxiliary information includes an executable program or script, said method comprising the steps of: storing said video and audio data of received broadcast information in a storage unit employed in said broadcast signal receiving apparatus; playing back said video and audio data stored in said storage unit; starting execution of said program or said script of said auxiliary information according to a predetermined timing interlocked with video and audio data included in said broadcast information, wherein after lapse of a predetermined period of time representing a processing end time as calculated from a processing start time when execution of said program or said script has been started, a result of execution of said program or said script is not displayed and play back is switch to said video and audio data of the received broadcast information.