Patent ID: 8051456

Claim:
A broadcasting stream storing method of a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: receiving, via a receiving unit, a broadcasting stream including a broadcasting content to be viewed on a display unit of the mobile terminal; displaying the received broadcasting content on the display unit of the mobile terminal; receiving a command to request a time shifting mode; allocating and storing the received broadcasting content to a plurality of individual and discrete time sections based on the input command requesting the time shift mode such that a predetermined amount of the broadcasting content is divided into and stored as the plurality of individual and discrete time sections; before performing the storing, determining whether there is a storage space in the plurality of individual and discrete time sections; deleting a portion of the broadcasting content allocated to at least one time section of the plurality of individual and discrete time sections and storing the received broadcasting content in the at least one time section corresponding the deleted portion of the broadcasting content when the determining step determines there is no storage space in the plurality of individual and discrete time sections; receiving a command to reproduce one of the allocated plurality of time sections; jumping to said one of the plurality of individual and discrete time sections in which said one of the plurality of individual and discrete time sections can be any one of the plurality of individual and discrete time sections; reproducing said any one of the plurality of individual and discrete time sections; and switching to a reproduction of a broadcasting content included in a particular time section in response to a selection pattern of a designated key in the time shifting mode, wherein when the selection pattern comprises selecting the designated key for a predetermined time period or more, the switching step switches to the reproduction of the broadcast content included in the particular time section that was first stored, and wherein when the selection pattern comprises selecting the designated key for a predetermined number of times, the switching step switches to the reproduction of the broadcast content included in the particular time section that was stored the predetermined number of times before or after the currently reproducing content.