Patent ID: 8024758

Claim:
A method for providing a call service and a broadcast service in a digital multimedia broadcasting terminal, comprising the steps of: determining whether a message is received while the broadcast service is provided; displaying a message asking if a user wants to open the received message; setting a message notification window for displaying contents of the received message according to a user selection to open the received message on a first part of a main screen for outputting video signals relating to the broadcast service and not on a second part of the main screen; displaying the contents of the received message in the message notification window; determining whether a message open key is input when the contents of the received message are output to the message notification window; when the message open key is input, stopping output of the broadcast service on the main screen and displaying a message open window for opening the contents of the received message on all of the main screen; determining whether a specific key is input when the message open window is displayed on all of the main screen; when the specific key is input, stopping a display of the message open window and outputting the video signals of the broadcast service on the main screen; and outputting the message notification window for displaying the contents of the received message to the first part of the main screen.