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Internet television device capable of selecting hot spots by the use operation buttons

  • US 6,772,394 B1
  • Filed: 09/18/1997
  • Issued: 08/03/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/25/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for selecting, with operation buttons, hot spots on a browser display screen in an Internet television device, the method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving a markup language document from a WEB server;

    recognizing button identifiers of operation buttons, said button identifiers being set in the received markup language document in one-to-one correspondence with selected ones of anchor tags existing in the markup language document, wherein said button identifiers are set inside said selected ones of anchor tags;

    creating, for each received markup language document, a button assignment table which correlates said recognized button identifiers with hot spots corresponding to said anchor tags to which said button identifiers are assigned;

    referring to said button assignment table, based on an operation button operated by a user, to determine which hot spot in the markup language document is indicated; and

    selecting the thus determined hot spot.

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