Patent ID: 9602759
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A digital broadcast receiving device comprising at least one receiving means which provides the EPG data to be received, at least one storage means which provides the EPG data to be stored, at least one transmitting means which transmits data to a screen such that the EPG data are able to be viewed by a user and a control unit having a memory of which a channel order wherein the channels are displayed to the user is stored, wherein the control unit determines a reference channel by setting the reference channel to be a channel that is currently being watched when EPG menu is closed and a channel that is currently selected in the EPG menu when the EPG menu is open, prioritizes the EPG data related to each channel according to the proximity to the reference channel in the channel order such that the highest prioritization point is given to the closest channel to the reference channel in the channel order, and keeps only the EPG data relating to the channels, the prioritization points of which are higher than a minimum prioritization point stored in the memory thereof, in the storage means.