Patent ID: 8060911

Claim:
A receiver for displaying a data downloading progress, comprising: a reconstruction unit to receive broadcast signals and to reconstruct data in the received broadcast signals; a processing unit to calculate a progress of a downloading of software in the received broadcast signals, which is reconstructed by the reconstruction unit; an auxiliary display window to display the progress of the downloading; and a control unit to determine whether to-be-downloaded software is included in the reconstructed data and to automatically switch a current screen mode of the auxiliary display window to a download mode if the software is included in the reconstructed data, and to control the auxiliary display window to display the progress of the downloading, wherein the control unit is coupled to the auxiliary display window and a main display unit, wherein the main display unit operates independently of the auxiliary display unit, and the auxiliary display window operates independently of the main display unit, wherein the screen mode of the auxiliary display window comprises a regular mode and a download mode, and in the case of the regular mode, a state of the receiver and the main display unit are provided and in the case of the download mode, the download progress state is provided, and wherein the auxiliary display window is part of a front surface of the receiver.