OBTAINING KEYWORDS FOR SEARCHING

1 . Playback apparatus for playing back images in a program, the apparatus comprising a controller configured for executing the steps of:

downloading image data of objects in images of the program based on preliminary information about the program;

recognizing an object in an image being played back based on the downloaded image data;

obtaining a keyword associated to the recognized object; and

searching for information based on the keyword.

2 . Playback apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured for:

obtaining a plurality of keywords; and

enabling a user to select one of the keywords for searching.

3 . Playback apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured for:

recognizing a plurality of objects in the image being played back; and

obtaining the plurality of keywords by obtaining a keyword associated to each of the recognized objects.

4 . Playback apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the controller is further configured for:

indicating the object in the image associated to a highlighted keyword.

5 . Playback apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured for:

obtaining one or more keywords associated to a program of which the image being played back is part.

6 . (canceled)

7 . Playback apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the image data comprises multiple albums for at least one of the objects, each album containing information to recognize a face.

8 . Playback apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the images that are played back are part of a video and wherein the controller is configured for:

displaying the information retrieved based on the keyword; and

pausing the video when displaying the information.

9 . Method comprising the steps of:

downloading image data of objects in images of a program based on preliminary information about the program,

playing back images from the program;

recognizing an object in an image being played back based on the downloaded image data;

obtaining a keyword associated to the recognized object; and searching for information based on the keyword.

10 . A computer program comprising computer program code means adapted to perform the steps of the method according to claim 8 when said program is run on a computer, a digital signal processor, a field-programmable gate array, an application-specific integrated circuit, a micro-processor, a micro-controller, or any other form of programmable hardware.