Patent ID: 7124430

Claim:
A broadcast reception apparatus comprising: reception means for receiving programs that are broadcast; application execution means for executing an application; connection means for connecting an external storage medium; detection means for detecting the connection and disconnection of said external storage medium relative to said external storage medium connection means; display control means for displaying, on display means, an image related to a broadcast program received by said reception means and an image related to an application executed by said application execution means; and control means for controlling said application execution means and said display control means so as to, when the connection of said storage medium is detected by said detection means while said image related to said broadcast program received by said reception means is being displayed, and when the elapsed time since said apparatus was powered on does not exceed a predetermined value, request said application execution means to execute a predetermined application, and cause said application execution means and said control means to display an image related to said predetermined application.