The present invention is directed to a system, method or computer program,
for enabling a radio auditor or a television viewer (100) to access
complementary information (101) related to a broadcast program (102)
received in real-time (or to a recorded program previously broadcast and
played back on an audio or video player/recorder). The preferred
embodiment of the invention relates to a system and method for enabling a
person (100) receiving a broadcast program (102), (or listening or
watching a recorded program), to select a plurality of topics or
sequences drawing his or her attention (101, 103) and for immediately, or
later on, accessing additional information related to these topics or
sequences 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), so that the
flow of information transmitted and received (or recorded) is always
synchronized, independently of the relative positions of receivers (or
recorders) and transmitters. The synchronization is done referring to an
universal time such as the Global Positioning System Time (GPS-time), the
Global Orbiting Navigational Satellite System (GLONASS) time or another
suitable universal time based on a satellite system. The GPS or GLONASS
receivers are connected or integrated to the broadcasting stations. At
the receiver side, GPS or GLONASS receivers may be integrated or
connected to user devices e.g., Personal Computers, wearable computers,
Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), smart phones or onboard mobile
computers (or to the audio or video recorders) that may be independent or
separate from the radio or television receivers. 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. The hyperlinks can be
retrieved, selected and activated by radio auditors or television viewers
during the time intervals for which they have been defined, during the
broadcast of the program (or during its playback).