Patent ID: 7992170
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for providing Electronic Program Guide (EPG) information in a digital multimedia broadcast receiving terminal, comprising: a memory for storing the EPG information of a broadcast channel received from a digital multimedia broadcast system; and a digital multimedia broadcast processor for converting select EPG information retrieved from the memory into corresponding EPG audio data for delivery to a headset communicating with the digital multimedia broadcast receiving terminal; wherein, when a new broadcast channel is set, the digital multimedia broadcast processor converts only EPG information of the new broadcast channel, a previous channel, and a following channel retrieved from the memory into corresponding EPG audio data, delivers EPG audio data of the new broadcast channel to a headset, and stores EPG audio data of the previous and the following channels in the memory for delivery to the headset when the previous or the following channel is set as the new broadcast channel, and wherein the previous and the following channels are determined with respect to the new channel in an order of previously stored channels.