Patent ID: 8355362

Claim:
A method for displaying broadcast content in a mobile terminal having a multimedia broadcasting receiver, the method comprising: receiving ensemble information associated with a plurality of services; providing a list of the plurality of services based on the ensemble information; identifying preset services from the list of the plurality of services responsive to a first user input; identifying a last service of the plurality of services, the last service providing broadcast content which was last displayed on a display of the mobile terminal before the receiver was powered-off; identifying a user defined service of the plurality of services, the user defined service providing broadcast content according to a selected first specific service set as a basic service to be received upon power-on of the receiver; organizing and storing the identified preset services, last service and user defined service in memory associated with the receiver; providing a user with an option to display the broadcast content relating to the last service or the broadcast content relating to the user defined service upon the power-on of the receiver; determining whether to display the broadcast content relating to the last service or to display the broadcast content relating to the user defined service based on user selection of the last service or the user defined service when the receiver is powered on; displaying the broadcast content determined based on the user selection; changing services of the receiver using only the identified preset services responsive to a second user input; and displaying broadcast content relating to one of the identified preset services as a result of changing the services of the receiver in response to the second user input.