Television transmitter, television transmitting method, television receiver and television receiving method

An information processing method, comprising the steps of:

• receiving multimedia data from a predetermined server of a predetermined network, said multimedia data including reservation signals and link information of broadcasting program signals, said multimedia data being described by a mark-up language;
• displaying an electronic program guide and at least one link location after analyzing said multimedia data received in said receiver;
• indicating said at least one link location on the display;
• setting a reservation of program recording based on said reservation signals which are linked to the link location indicated by said indicator.

An information processing apparatus, comprising:

• a means for receiving multimedia data from a predetermined server of a predetermined network, said multimedia data including reservation signals and link information of broadcast program signals, said multimedia data being described by a mark-up language;
• a means for displaying an electronic program guide and at least one link location after analyzing said multimedia data received in said means for receiving;
• a means for indicating said at least one link location on the display;
• a means for setting reservation of program recording based on said reservation signals which are linked to the link location indicated by said means for indicating.

An information processing apparatus, comprising:

• a receiver configured to receive multimedia data from a predetermined server on a predetermined network, said multimedia data including reservation signals and correspondence indicia of broadcast program signals, said multimedia data being described by a mark-up language;
• a display controller configured to display an electronic program guide and at least one correspondence identifier after analyzing said multimedia data received in said receiver;
• an indicator operative to indicate said at least one correspondence identifier on the display;
• a processor configured to set reservation of program recording based on said reservation signals which are linked to the correspondence identifier indicated by said indicator.

An information processing method, comprising the steps of:

• receiving multimedia data from a predetermined server of a predetermined network, said multimedia data including reservation signals and correspondence indicia of broadcasting program signals, said multimedia data being described by a mark-up language;
• displaying an electronic program guide and at least one correspondence identifier after analyzing said multimedia data received in said receiver;
• indicating said at least one correspondence identifier on the display;
• setting a reservation of program recording based on said reservation signals which are linked to the correspondence identifier indicated by said indicator.

An information processing apparatus, comprising:

• a means for receiving multimedia data from a predetermined server of a predetermined network, said multimedia data including reservation signals and correspondence indicia of broadcast program signals, said multimedia data being described by a mark-up language;
• a means for displaying an electronic program guide and at least one correspondence identifier after analyzing said multimedia data received in said means for receiving;
• a means for indicating said at least one correspondence identifier on the display;
• a means for setting reservation of program recording based on said reservation signals which are linked to the correspondence identifier indicated by said means for indicating.