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, detailed information for the selected item is acquired from a server addressed by the received web site address.
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15. A network device for processing multiple data from a server, the network device comprising:
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a network interface configured to receive main video data and additional data indicating at least one icon; a video decoder configured to decode the received main video data; a memory configured to store the at least one icon; an user interface configured to receive a first command signal for requesting the stored at least one icon; and a controller configured to control a display of the at least one icon. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of processing multiple data packets from a server in an internet television, the method comprising:
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receiving main video data and additional data indicating at least one item from at least one server via a network interface, wherein each of items is linked to each of servers; displaying the at least one item informing a user that supplementary information is available while displaying the received main video data from the at least one server; selecting a specific item from among the at least one item via a user interface; accessing a specific server linked to the selected specific item via the network interface; and retrieving the supplementary information from the accessed specific server. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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