Patent ID: 8572657

Claim:
A broadcast receiving device comprising: a broadcast receiver configured to receive broadcast signals; a demodulator configured to demodulate the received broadcast signals to generate transport streams; a demultiplexer configured to demultiplex the demodulated transport streams into at least one of a video stream, an audio stream and a data stream; a user interface configured to provide a user input to a controller; a display unit configured to display a program guide including a plurality of windows for displaying information associated with the broadcast signals; a program guide editing unit configured to edit the program guide displayed on the display unit according to the user input; and the controller configured to control the program guide editing unit to edit the program guide, wherein, when the user input indicates that a size of a selected window of the program guide displayed on the display unit is to be changed, the controller controls the program guide editing unit to change a size of the selected window while a size of other windows remain the same on the displayed program guide, wherein the controller controls the program guide editing unit to semi-transparently display a portion of the selected window that overlaps at least one of the other windows of the program guide if an overlapping area is less than a critical value, and wherein, if the size of the selected window is enlarged, and the overlapping area with the at least one of the other windows is more than the critical value, the controller reduces a size of the at least one of the other windows.