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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2002
Masahiro Takatori, Toyonaka, JP;
Masahiro Takatori, Toyonaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A television broadcasting devicetransmits a television signal onto which control data for controlling a browser function of a television receiverhas been multiplexed. A television screen generating sectiongenerates a television screen based on the received television signal. A browser display instruction obtaining section, a URL obtaining section, and a display style information obtaining sectionextract the control data multiplexed onto the television signal. When a browser display instructionis received, a microcomputerreceives a contentcorresponding to a URLfrom a server, and generates a browser screen based thereon. A screen combining sectioncombines the browser screen with the television screen in accordance with display style informationreceived from the microcomputer. Thus, it is possible to display the browser screen in a combined form with the television screen in accordance with a display style designated by a broadcaster of the television signal.