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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2003
Masahiro Takatori, Toyonaka, JP;
Hirofumi Wada, Toyonaka, JP;
Mitsuteru Kataoka, Katano, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A television receiver (1) acquires numerical quantity information from program list information acquired from a television signal or the like, the acquired numerical quantity indicates the number of program-related information related to a television program and (2) displays the acquired numerical quantity information on a television display screen. When a user selects a television program whose program-related information is to be acquired, the television receiver acquires a URL of program-related information from an address server by utilizing the program identification code of the selected television program, acquires the program-related information from an information server by utilizing the acquired URL, and displays the acquired program-related information so as to be superimposed on a television picture.