Patent ID: 7971216

Claim:
A broadcast terminal comprising: a broadcast receiving unit; a touch screen; and a control unit configured to enter a broadcasting mode for receiving broadcast programs, to display a broadcast channel bar on the touch screen without displaying broadcast channel information about any broadcast channels, the broadcast channel information including at least a broadcast channel name, and then to sequentially display the broadcast channel information about first and second broadcast channels as a pointer is touched at a first position corresponding to the first broadcast channel and dragged to a second position corresponding to the second broadcast channel in a first direction on the touch screen, wherein the broadcast channel bar includes the first and second positions corresponding to the first and second broadcast channels and the pointer is dragged on the broadcast channel bar, wherein the broadcast channel bar is arranged in the first direction, wherein a plurality of broadcast channels including the first and second broadcast channels at the first and second positions are assigned in advance to a plurality of sections of the broadcast channel bar, respectively, wherein the control unit is further configured to, when the pointer is dragged at each section in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, adjust a volume of a corresponding broadcast channel to the each section, and wherein a volume level only for a specific broadcast channel corresponding to a specific section touched by the pointer is displayed simultaneously together with a specific broadcast channel name of the specific broadcast channel.