Patent ID: 8856831

Claim:
An apparatus for controlling a screen display configuration in a digital broadcasting receiver, the apparatus comprising: a data extraction unit configured to receive a broadcast signal through a broadcasting network, and to extract lattice-type moving picture content configuration data from the received broadcast signal, wherein lattice-type moving picture contents represent a plurality of moving picture contents which are simultaneously displayed in the form of a lattice on a screen; a content screen configuration unit configured to extract multiple moving picture contents from the configuration data, and to output content screen configuration data based on the extracted multiple moving picture contents, wherein the extracted multiple moving picture contents correspond to moving picture contents selected by a user, and when a play request for an activated moving picture content is issued by the user, controlling a display unit to display the activated moving picture in a full screen; and the display unit configured to display the extracted multiple moving picture contents on one side of an entire screen in which the activated moving picture content is displayed, wherein the multiple moving picture contents correspond to contents included in a category to which the activated moving picture content belongs, wherein the display unit is arranged to display multiple moving picture contents in a full-search screen according to the content screen configuration data provided from the content screen configuration unit, wherein the full-search screen comprises a screen in which lattice-type moving picture contents are classified and displayed based on categories, wherein, when a mini-search request is issued by the user in a state where the activated moving picture content is displayed in a full screen, the content screen configuration unit provides the display unit with content screen configuration data, including moving picture contents of a category to which the activated moving picture content belongs, in order to provide a mini-search mode, so that the moving picture contents of a category to which the activated moving picture content belongs is displayed on one side of the full screen, wherein a mini-search screen for displaying the moving picture contents of the category to which the activated moving picture content belongs is overlapped and displayed on the full screen of the activated moving picture content, wherein, when a screen shift request is issued by the user, the content screen configuration unit controls the display unit to perform a three-dimensional shift from a current display screen to a display screen shift-requested by the user, wherein the full-search screen and the mini-search screen fully overlap each other, and wherein, if the process performing the three-dimensional shift is completed, the full-search screen is completely hidden by the mini-search screen.