Patent ID: 7034851

Claim:
A receiver, comprising: a memory having a program stored therein; a first display processing section for performing graphic display processing in accordance with a first graphic user interface (GUI) based on said program; a receiving section for receiving a signal for a channel, said signal including display control data written in a multimedia language and associated with an interactive content; a second display processing section for performing graphic display processing in accordance with a second GUI based on said display control data; and a control section for controlling said first and second display processing sections so as to always display on the same display a screen processed by one of said first and second display processing sections; wherein when said control section is instructed to display a screen in accordance with said first GUI while displaying a screen in accordance with said second GUI on said same display, said control section terminates the performance of graphic display processing by said second display processing section to prevent undesired overlapping of said first and second GUIs.