Apparatus and method for providing and obtaining product information through a broadcast signal
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing and obtaining product information through a broadcast signal. In this present invention, information identifying a product item, which is in a scene to be presented from a broadcast signal, is provided together with a broadcast signal, then a signal receiving terminal stores the product information for a new product item and displays the stored information to a viewer to select one product item while or after watching an interesting broadcast program, and transmits data identifying a selected product item to a predetermined web site and receives web site address for the selected item from that site. As a result, derailed information for the selected item is acquired from a server addressed by the received web site address.
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38 Claims
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15. A method for displaying visual information, comprising:
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receiving digital data;
extracting visual information from the received digital data using identifying (ID) information identifying the visual information; and
storing intra-coded visual information while displaying the visual information including the intra-coded visual information, wherein the intra-coded visual information is displayed based on a user'"'"'s sequential inputs with regard to a displayed item selection window. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system to display visual information comprising:
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a receiver to receive digital data;
a decode device to extract visual information from the received digital data based on identifying information (ID) that identifies the visual information;
a memory to store the digital data including intra-coded visual information extracted from the received digital data; and
a control device to control the memory and the display so as to display the visual information including the intra-coded visual information based on a user'"'"'s input with regard to a displayed item selection window. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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