TELEVISION RECEIVER, IMAGE BROWSING SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND TERMINAL DEVICE AND SERVER DEVICE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make browsable image data uploaded onto the Internet by a television receiver as if the TV viewer selects a second channel. SOLUTION: The TV 10 can access the Internet 3 through a module 11. The TV 10 stores the URL of an album server 4 and authentication information at the time of an access in a memory in advance. When a portable telephone terminal 1 uploads image data to a server 4, a portable terminal 13 is notified that the image data are uploaded. The user recognizes the upload of the image data and instructs the browsing of the image data stored in the server by using a remote control 14. The TV 10 is automatically connected to the server on the basis of the URL and the authentication information stored in advance. The TV 10 acquires the image data to display thumbnail images. When a thumbnail image is selected and determined by the remote control 14, the image data are displayed on the entire screen of the TV 10. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI