Abstract: An information processing method combining television viewing and shopping generally includes (i) storing commercial information in a business server, (ii) broadcasting a television program according to a television program schedule from a broadcast server to a television server thereby enabling viewing of the television program by a consumer, (iii) storing the television program schedule in one of the television server and the personal server, (iv) transmitting an information request from one of the television server and the personal server to the business server, the information request including an identification of the television program and a timestamp, (v) transmitting a portion of the commercial information to one of the personal server and the television server, wherein the commercial information portion is related to the television program and the timestamp, and (vi) displaying items of the commercial information portion and a means for purchase of said items to the consumer.