Patent ID: 7853982

Claim:
A method of processing an open cable application platform (OCAP) application in a digital broadcast receiver receiving an OCAP data broadcasting, the method comprising: determining, by a native application at the digital broadcast receiver whether a current broadcasting mode corresponds to the OCAP data broadcasting, wherein the native application includes pre-defined functions that are pre-stored in a memory of the digital broadcast receiver; informing, by the native application at the digital broadcast receiver, the OCAP application of information indicating that the current broadcasting mode does not correspond to the OCAP data broadcasting if the current broadcasting mode does not correspond to the OCAP data broadcasting, the step of informing further comprising: firstly informing, by the native application at the digital broadcast receiver, an execution management application of the information, and secondly informing, by the execution management application, the OCAP application of the information; preventing the OCAP application from being displayed in response to an event that the current broadcasting mode does not correspond to the OCAP data broadcasting during the time that the OCAP application is active; preventing a user input signal from being received at the OCAP application in response to the event that the current broadcasting mode does not correspond to the OCAP data broadcasting during the time that the OCAP application is active; and controlling the digital broadcast receiver based on the native application at the digital broadcast receiver.