Patent ID: 7697068

Claim:
A television signal receiving apparatus (a) connected to a printer in a manner to allow the apparatus to communicate with the printer and (b) capable of sending to the printer data obtained from contents data, the contents data having been sent multiplexed in broadcast by a broadcasting apparatus and received by said television signal receiving apparatus, said television signal receiving apparatus comprising: extracting means for extracting document data which is described in a markup language and included in the contents data, the document data including (a) a script for acquiring status information of the printer and (b) a plurality of status display information; generating means for generating display image data which can be displayed on a display unit, using the document data extracted by said extracting means; and executing means for executing a process for acquiring the status information of the printer as well as a process for, in accordance with the acquired status information, identifying status display information indicating a status of the printer from the plurality of status display information included in the document data, said executing means comprising means for executing the script, wherein said generating means reflects, in the display image data, the status display information identified by said executing means, wherein said executing means has a timer for executing the script at a predetermined period.