Claims
- 1. A broadcast receiver for receiving broadcast signals in which address information associated with a computer network is transmitted together with a video signal, comprising:receiving means for receiving said broadcast signals; a video decoder for decoding said video signal received by said receiving means; separating means for separating said address information associated with said computer network from said broadcast signals; storing means for storing said separated address information; list making means for making a list of said separated address information stored in said storing means; a user operated control panel; a selector for selecting as an output one of a decoded signal from said video decoder, said list of said separated address information from said list making means, or an Internet Web page in response to a selection command by a user of said user operated control panel; and display processing means for displaying said output of said selector based on said selection command by said user.
- 2. The broadcast receiver according to claim 1, further comprising Internet connecting means for fetching said Internet Web page including:a browser controller; and an Internet communication software package.
- 3. The broadcast receiver according to claim 2, wherein said Internet connecting means further includes a modem.
- 4. The broadcast receiver according to claim 1, wherein said storing means is formed of flash memory.
- 5. A method of accessing a computer network comprising the steps of:receiving broadcast signals in which address information associated with said computer network is transmitted along with a video signal; decoding said video signal; separating said address information associated with said computer network from said broadcast signals; storing said separated address information; making a list of said separated address information; selecting one of a decoded signal decoded in said step of decoding, said list of said separated address information formed in said step of making a list, or an Internet Web page in response to a selection command by a user.
- 6. The method of accessing a computer network according to claim 5, further comprising:displaying said list of said separated address information; selecting a desired address from said list; accessing said computer network according to said desired address; and retrieving said Internet WEB page corresponding to said desired address.
Priority Claims (1)
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8-139777 |
May 1996 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 08/855,699 filed May 8, 1997. now U.S. Pat. No. 6,075,568
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