Interactive television system and method having on-demand web-like navigational capabilities for displaying requested hyperlinked web-like still images associated with television content

摘要: A system and method for displaying still video images related to content in an interactive broadcast television system. The of the present invention may also be used simulating Internet home page on thus supports hyperlinked web-like navigational capabilities According invention, delivery provides or broadcasts one more audio/video channels each comprising at least image channel a plurality images, preferably MPEG-2 compressed images. user viewer can select options displayed screen view desired information. When set top box receives input selecting option linked captures requested from channel, stores memory, displays captured corresponding selection. request which is not currently being transmitted by In this instance, 'on demand' dedicated 'search' channel. selectively navigate between stills fashion.