Patent ID: 8218946

Claim:
A method for storing data, the method comprising: setting reservation information entered by a user, when a reservation storage function is selected in a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) mode; determining a program start time point and a channel according to the set reservation information through Electronic Program Guide (EPG) information; tuning to the determined channel and converting the DMB mode to a sleep mode; activating the DMB mode and identifying Event Information Table (EIT) information of a currently received first data and a second data to be received from a broadcast, if a current time point is equal to the program start time point; storing the first data, if the EIT information of the first data is included in the reservation information; determining whether the EIT information of the second data is included in the reservation information, if the EIT information of the first data is not included in the reservation information; and receiving the second data and storing the second data, if the EIT information of the second data is included in the reservation information.