Patent ID: 8111650

Claim:
A method for controlling mobile service data, the method comprising: receiving the mobile service data in a signaling receiving unit, wherein the signaling receiving unit selectively receives the mobile service data which is multiplexed with main service data; demodulating in a demodulating unit, the received mobile service data; and receiving an output control command of the mobile service data in a controller and the controller controlling an output of the demodulated mobile service data according to the received output control command, wherein the signaling receiving unit receives the mobile service data from a burst-on section, wherein the mobile service data and the main service data have been multiplexed and transmitted during the burst-on section and the main service data is transmitted during a burst-off section, wherein the mobile service data is further coded as compared to the main service data, wherein the controller is further configured to set an initial scan channel according to an auto-channel setup command, control tuning of the initial scan channel, and when data exists in the tuned scan channel, control storing of channel information of the corresponding channel, and wherein the stored channel information is at least one of a channel frequency, a channel logo, a channel name, and a channel number.