Patent ID: 8166505

Claim:
A method of controlling operation of a mobile broadcast receiver, the method comprising: receiving, by the broadcast receiver, a request for receiving a broadcast program at a scheduled time to display the broadcast program on a display of the mobile broadcast receiver at the scheduled time; determining time to compare a broadcast signal with a predefined threshold level, which is a minimum signal level that is required for reception of the broadcast program, based on the schedule time; measuring a level of the broadcast signal for the broadcast program at the determined time that is prior to the scheduled time for receiving the broadcast program; outputting a warning signal prior to the scheduled time to indicate that the broadcast program cannot be received at a current location if the measured level of the broadcast signal is less than the predefined threshold level, the warning signal output visually or audibly; prompting a user to decide whether to cancel the request or to receive the broadcast program at the scheduled time after outputting the warning signal; and canceling the request or receiving the broadcast program at the scheduled time in response to an input received from the user such that the broadcast program is not received at the scheduled time if the request is canceled.