Patent ID: 8225349

Claim:
A digital broadcasting receiver in a mobile communication device, the receiver comprising: a digital broadcasting module for receiving digital broadcasts of multiple channels in the mobile communication device through a wireless communication network; an output unit for outputting sound and image signals of the digital broadcasts; and a controller for controlling the digital broadcasting module to receive the digital broadcasts while successively and automatically switching a plurality of channels arranged in a consecutive order in an automatic channel switching mode while showing video and audio data of digital broadcasting of each successive switched channel on the output unit during a predetermined time interval, and controlling the digital broadcasting data received in the digital broadcasting module to be transmitted to the output unit; wherein the controller controls the digital broadcasting module to stop the automatic channel switching mode and to continuously receive and display video and audio data of a current channel, wherein the current channel is a channel whose video and data are being displayed on the output unit when the automatic channel switching is stopped, wherein the automatic channel switching is stopped when at least one of a call reception and a short message service (SMS) message reception is detected in the mobile communication device, wherein the plurality of channels comprises a predetermined broadcasting channel list that is acquired through an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) channel, wherein the controller controls the digital broadcasting module to display a stored image during a time required for switching from a first channel to a second channel, the first channel and the second channel are included in the predetermined broadcasting channel list, and the stored image is different from video of the first and second channels, and wherein the controller controls the digital broadcasting module to automatically switch the channels in a Picture-in-Picture (PIP) mode, wherein the output unit displays other video data of the digital broadcasting on a main screen while the automatically switched channel is displayed on a sub-screen.