Television receiver and method for providing information to the same

(Amended) A television receiver that receives a television broadcast, comprising:

• television screen generating means for receiving a television signal and generating a television screen based on the received television signal;
• content receiving means for receiving a corresponding content from a server connected via a communications network;
• browser screen generating means for generating a browser screen based on the content received by the content receiving means;
• inputting means operated by a user;
• and
• content storing means for storing the content received by the content receiving means when a reserve command is inputted from the inputting means, wherein
• when a display command is inputted from the inputting means, the browser screen generating means generates the browser screen based on the content stored in the content storing means.

(Amended) A method for providing information to a television receiver,

• the method being executed when a content related to a television screen has been stored in a server connected to a communications network, the method comprising:
• a television signal inputting step of inputting a television signal corresponding to the television screen;
• a content identification information inputting step of inputting content identification information for identifying the content stored in the server;
• a display style information inputting step of inputting display style information of a browser screen, the information being used in combining the browser screen generated based on the content with a part of the television screen;
• a multiplexing step of multiplexing the content identification information and the display style information onto the television signal;
• and
• a television signal transmitting step of transmitting, to the television receiver, the television signal onto which the content identification information and the display style information have been multiplexed.