DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM, DIGITAL BROADCASTING APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED RECEIVER THEREFOR.

摘要

A BROADCASTING SYSTEM WHICH INCLUDES A BROADCASTING APPARATUS (5191) AND A RECEPTION APPARATUS (5121) AND WHICH ACHIEVES INTERACTIVENESS USING A BROADCAST WAVE. THE BROADCASTING APPARATUS (5101) INCLUDES A CONTENT STORING UNIT (5102) FOR STORING THE PLURALITY OF CONTENTS, EACH CONTENT INCLUDING A SET OF VIDEO DATA AND A SET OF CONTROL INFORMATION THAT INDICATES ANOTHER CONTENT THAT IS A LINK DESTINATION FOR A PRESENT CONTENT, AND A TRANSMITTING UNIT (5106) FOR MULTIPLEXING A SET OF VIDEO DATA AND A PLURALITY OF SETS OF THE SAME CONTROL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN A SAME CONTENT AS THE SET OF VIDEO DATA, AND FOR TRANSMITTING THE MULTIPLEXED SETS OF VIDEO DATA AND CONTROL INFORMATION. THE RECEPTION APPARATUS (5121) INCLUDES AN EXTRACTING UNIT (5131) FOR EXTRACTING A SET OF VIDEO DATA AND A SET OF CONTROL INFORMATION IN A SAME CONTENT AS THESET OF VIDEO DATA, A STORING UNIT (5125) FOR STORING THE EXTRACTED SET OF CONTROL INFORMATION, A REPRODUCING UNIT (5128) FOR REPRODUCING THE EXTRACTED SET OF VIDEO DATA AND OUTPUTTING AN IMAGE SIGNAL, AN OPERATION UNIT FOR RECEIVING A USER OPERATION THAT INDICATES A CONTENT SWITCHING, AND A CONTROL UNIT (5126) FOR CONTROLLING THE EXTRACTING UNIT (5131) TO EXTRACT ANOTHER CONTENT INDICATED BY THE SET OF CONTROL INFORMATION STORED IN THE STORING UNIT (5125), IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE USER OPERATION. (FIG. 4)