Patent ID: 7451468

Claim:
A digital broadcast receiving terminal comprising: an input unit for receiving a user's input of a command or data for requesting information about broadcast programs by channels in the same time period; a reception unit for receiving digital broadcasting data and program guide data; a management unit for storing and managing the program guide data; a control unit for converting broadcasting time information of programs by channels into a specified form when storing the program guide data in the management unit, if a request for the broadcasting program information by channels in a specified time period through the input unit is sensed, detecting the corresponding program guide data by comparing a value obtained by converting the specified time period into the specified form with values obtained by converting the time information of the programs by channels into the specified form, and creating the broadcasting program information by channels from the detected program guide data by channels to output the broadcasting program information; and an output unit for output of the digital broadcasting data or the broadcasting program information.