Patent ID: 8856828

Claim:
A method for forming a broadcast program time table in an Electric Program Guide (EPG) database, the method comprising the steps of: storing present program information of Event Information Table Present/Follow (EIT P/F) information in a first program information area of a corresponding segment area in the EPG database by determining a segment, in which program discontinuity occurs, in an Event Information Table (EIT) schedule if the EIT P/F information is received; and storing program information of an N th segment in a second program information area when the N th segment of the EIT schedule is received, and program discontinuity occurs in the N th segment, the N th segment being a segment included in the received EIT schedule, wherein determining whether program discontinuity occurs in a particular segment comprises determining whether the EIT includes program information of all programs that end broadcasting within a time period corresponding to the particular segment and begin broadcasting prior to the time period corresponding to the particular segment.