METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING PLURALITY OF APPLICATIONS FOR BROADCASTING SERVICE AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM STORING THE METHOD

摘要

A method and apparatus for generating a plurality of application included in a broadcasting service and a method and apparatus for selecting an application easily processed by a broadcasting receiving apparatus among the plurality of applications and executing or storing the selected application are provided. The application generating and signaling apparatus includes: an application generator generating a plurality of applications selectively executed by a broadcasting receiving apparatus and information on each of the plurality of applications; and an application transmitter signaling the plurality of applications and the information on each of the plurality of applications, wherein the information on each of the plurality of applications comprises information on the broadcasting receiving apparatus that executes a corresponding application, and information on the characteristics of the corresponding application.