This document discloses a system and a method, both of which use a
personalized television apparatus to access entertainment information
from the Internet. It belongs in the television and communication areas.
The said system includes but is not limited to a television apparatus
with identifier, index server and source server. The said method includes
but is not limited to the television apparatus with identifier, which
searches for the required program information from the index website and
finds the link address of the said program information. The said
television apparatus logs into the corresponding website according to the
link and accesses the content of the program from the source website. The
invention enhances the speed of accessing information from the Internet
by adding the information-accessing apparatus and establishing an index
website. It makes full use of existing network resources and thereby
reduces the cost of using the network.