Patent ID: 8752091

Claim:
A method for outputting an electronic program guide (EPG) by a broadcasting receiver, the method comprising: receiving EPG data; when RSS information is updated in one or more Really Simple Syndication RSS server, receiving the updated RSS information; generating RSS EPG data including the updated RSS information; and outputting the EPG including the RSS EPG data in a display screen, wherein the RSS EPG data is configured as a format of an icon, wherein an icon corresponding to the RSS EPG data is displayed on at least one of an item indicating the broadcasting program and an area that is not in a form of a list included in the EPG, wherein an icon has an identifier based on a type of the RSS information, and wherein, when an icon is selected, RSS EPG data corresponding to the selected icon is sorted based on the type of the RSS information, wherein the broadcast receiver extracts a title of the broadcasting program included in the EPG data, searches one or more network addresses of the RSS servers associated with the extracted title of the broadcasting program from a search server, and records or edits one or more network addresses of a predetermined priority in an RSS database of the broadcast receiver.