Patent ID: 7664457

Claim:
A preset recording method through service linking according to movement from a first broadcasting service area to a second broadcasting service area of a terrestrial DMB terminal, the method comprising the steps of: specifying a preset recording including a recording start time and the first broadcasting area for a predetermined broadcast program in the terrestrial DMB terminal; determining if a current time is equal to the specified recording start time; determining if the terrestrial DMB terminal has moved from the first broadcasting service area to the second broadcasting service area when the current time is determined to be equal to the specified recording start time; extracting service linking information for the predetermined broadcast program when it is determined that the terrestrial DMB terminal has moved from the first broadcasting service area to the second broadcasting service area; when the extracted service linking information corresponds to hard linking information, performing the steps of: a. displaying that the first broadcasting service area for the specified preset recording has changed, and b. recording a broadcasting program according to the hard linking information; and when the extracted service linking information corresponds to soft linking information, performing the steps of: c. displaying that the service area for the preset recording has been changed, and d. displaying a list of broadcasting programs according to the soft linking information to enable a user to reset the specified preset recording function.