A TRANSMITTER FOR TRANSMITTING AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE AND A METHOD THEREOF, A RECEIVER FOR RECEIVING AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE, A VIDEORECORDER COMPRISING THE RECEIVER, A SIGNAL REPRESENTING AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE, AND A STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING THE SIGNAL.

摘要

METHOD AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE, E.G. AN ELECTRONIC TELEVISION PROGRAMME GUIDE. THE DATABASE INCLUDES A PLURALITY OF PROGRAMME ITEMS. IN ORDER TO ASSIST THE USER IN RETRIEVING THE ITEMS OF INTEREST, A MENU STRUCTURE IS TRANSMITTED AS WELL. THE MENU STRUCTURE RENDERS IT POSSIBLE TO ACCESS THE DATABASE IN5VARIOUS WAYS. RATHER THAN INCLUDING PROGRAMME ITEMS (SUCH AS KNOWN FORM TELETEXT SYSTEMS), THE TRANSMITTED MENUS REFER TO PROGRAMME ITEMS. WHERE NECESSARY, REFERENCES CAN BE MADE TO PROGRAMME INFORMATION TRANSMITTED BY DIFFERENT TV STATIONS.(FIG. 1)