Patent ID: 7975281

Claim:
A method of processing broadcast data in a broadcast receiver, the method comprising: receiving a broadcast signal, the broadcast signal comprising mobile service data, a signaling information table including access information of the mobile service data, fast information channel (FIC) data, and transmission parameter channel (TPC) data, wherein the mobile service data and the signaling information table are encapsulated into at least one Reed-Solomon (RS) frame, wherein the FIC data includes information for rapid mobile service acquisition, and wherein the TPC data includes FIC version information for indicating an update of the FIC data; demodulating the received broadcast signal; extracting the signaling information table from the demodulated broadcast signal; and acquiring basic information about the mobile service data from the signaling information table, the basic information including start time information, duration information and title information of the mobile service data, wherein the at least one RS frame is divided into a plurality of groups, each of the groups including a portion of data included in the RS frame, regularly spaced known data sequences, the FIC data, and the TPC data, and wherein at least two of the known data sequences are spaced 16 segments apart.