Patent ID: 8140055

Claim:
A method for performing a digital broadcasting service in a mobile terminal including a main housing and a folder, in which the folder is closed and opened with respect to the main housing in such a manner that the folder moves closely to or away from the main housing about a first hinge and a second hinge, and the mobile terminal has a first display mode and a second display mode according to an opening direction of the folder, the method comprising the steps of: informing a user about reception of a call, when the call is received while a digital broadcasting service is being performed while the folder is opened away from the main housing unit in the first display mode; maintaining the received call while the opened folder in the first display mode is closed and re-opened to either the first or second display mode according to an opening direction of the folder; interrupting the digital broadcasting service and connecting the maintained call, after the opened folder in the first display mode is closed and re-opened; releasing, after the re-opened folder is closed with respect to the main body and further re-opened to a display mode other than a display mode operating during the call connection, the call connection and re-performing the digital broadcasting service upon a request for call disconnection by the user; and wherein the folder is closed and opened by the user in different directions in the first and second display modes.