METHOD FOR SELECTING A PROGRAM DISPLAYED IN AN ADVERTISEMENTIN AN APPLICATION SOFTWARE PROGRAM

摘要

A video processing apparatus may be controlled in response to selecting an advertisement displayed in connection with a productivity or communication application software program being operated on a video processing apparatus. The advertisement includes control information, which is used by the video processing apparatus to control an operating mode thereof. The control information may include both time and channel data as well as a recording da ta for programming a timer. Alternately, the control information may only inclu de program data, which is passed to the electronic program guide to determine t he time and channel information associated with the programm data.