SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING BROADCAST OR RECORDED PROGRAMS WITH INFORMATION ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB

摘要

The present invention is directed to a system, method or computer program, for enabling a user (100) to access complementary information (101) related to a broadcast a recorded program. The preferred embodiment of the invention relates to a system and method for enabling a person (100) receiving a broadcast program (102), (or a recorded program), to select a plurality of topics or sequences drawing his or her attention (101, 103) and for accessing additional information related to these topics from the Word Wide Web. The system is based on a synchronization of the local times of receivers (or recorders) and transmitters according to a same universal-time (201, 202), The system is also based on a plurality of hyperlinks defined for given time intervals during the production of the broadcast program. These time intervals are synchronized with the universal Time. The hyperlinks are associated with the transmitted (and recorded) information.