| 摘要 |
<p>The present invention relates to a reception device, a reception method, a transmission device, a transmission method, and a program that make it possible to send management information for an application program without making any changes to existing equipment. An AIT acquisition unit acquires AIT information that is listed in a meta element of a BML text for the content of a data broadcast transmitted by the broadcast waves of a digital broadcast, said AIT information being for controlling operation of a linked application that runs in conjunction with the broadcast content. On the basis of the AIT information acquired by the AIT information acquisition unit, an HTML browser unit controls operation of the linked application, said application being provided via the Internet. The present invention can be applied, for example, to a television receiver that receives broadcast waves for a digital broadcast.</p> |
