Patent ID: 8646003

Claim:
A method for displaying an electronic program guide (EPG), comprising: storing EPG option information selected by a user, the EPG option information including preset information designated by a user and stored in a memory to cause a first EPG to display a first type of program information without displaying a second type of program information; receiving side information of a received broadcasting program; determining if the preset information is stored in the memory; selecting the broadcasting program according to the preset information stored in the memory; generating the first EPG including only the selected broadcasting program and not including the others from all broadcasting programs received, the first EPG including information identifying broadcasting programs corresponding to the first type of program information and not including information identifying broadcasting programs corresponding to the second type of program information; when an EPG display request is received, automatically displaying the first EPG on a screen based on the preset information stored in the memory, wherein the first EPG includes: one or more first grids that provide one or more broadcasting programs satisfying the EPG option information, and one or more second grids that omit broadcasting programs which do not satisfy the EPG option information, wherein one or more broadcasting programs of the one or more first grids satisfy all the EPG option information selected by the user, wherein all the EPG option information selected by the user is displayed by an icon in the one or more first grids, and the icon corresponding to the EPG option information is displayed in all of the one or more first grids, wherein if a key for selecting the broadcasting programs on the first EPG is input by the user, the key is shifted to any one of the broadcasting programs provided in the first EPG and only the first grid of a selected broadcasting program is highlighted, wherein the first grid displays at least one of icon corresponding the EPG option information, wherein a number of the icons displayed in each first grid is equal to a number of the EPG option information selected by the user, and wherein the number of the icons displayed in each first grid is the same.