Patent ID: 8503447

Claim:
An IPTV receiver comprising: a network interface for performing service discovery and receiving service information through an IP network, wherein the service information includes information about a service provider and a content provided by the service provider; a tuner for tuning to a broadcast signal received through a broadcast channel; a controller for parsing the service information to obtain virtual channel information from the service information; and obtaining source information including IP source information to acquire a content through the IP network and broadcast source information to acquire a content through a broadcast channel from the service information, wherein the broadcast source information includes carrier frequency information and modulation format information, wherein a content is received through the IP network by using the virtual channel information and the IP source information which are obtained through the IP network, when the IP network is selected, a content is received through the broadcast channel by using the virtual channel information and the broadcast source information which are obtained through the IP network, when the broadcast channel is selected.