Patent ID: 8046031

Claim:
A method for controlling a broadcast program in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: providing guide information related to one or more broadcast programs; receiving a user input to select a broadcast program from the guide information; reserving the selected broadcast program for a future viewing or a future recording; setting a reservation priority for the selected broadcast program; determining an estimated battery consumption required for the future viewing or the future recording of the selected broadcast program; determining a current remaining battery capacity; comparing the estimated battery consumption to the current remaining battery capacity; outputting information related to battery capacity information according to a result of the comparison and the reservation priority; and selecting a portion of the future viewing or the future recording of the selected broadcast program when the current battery capacity is less than or equal to the estimated battery consumption, wherein the selected portion of the future viewing or the future recording of the selected broadcast program is less than a respective total viewing time or a total recording time of the selected broadcast program.