Television signal reception apparatus and method, and broadcast reception apparatus and method

DETAILED DESCRIPTION To resolve the above described shortcomings, one objective of the present invention is to improve a user interface for a television signal reception apparatus having various functions, such as multimedia functions, in addition to a function for the reproduction of a television program, and to select or control desired information for users by employing a simple and easy operation.
To achieve the objective, according to one aspect of the present invention, a television signal reception apparatus comprises: reception means for receiving a television broadcast; application execution means for executing a desired application; display control means for displaying, on display means, an image related to a television signal received by the reception means and an image related to an application executed by the application execution means; storage means for storing switching information indicating a switching order of images which are displayed by the display means and switched by a predetermined operation input; and control means for controlling the reception means and the display control means in accordance with the switching information so that images received through a plurality of channels of the television broadcast and an image of the application executed by the application execution means are interchangeably displayed in accordance with the predetermined operation input.
The other objectives and features of the present invention will become apparent during the course of a detailed explanation of the present invention given while referring to the accompanying drawings.