Patent ID: 8302125

Claim:
An apparatus for providing an electronic program guide, comprising: an information extracting unit extracting the electronic program guide, which specifies broadcasts according to time and channel, from a broadcast signal; a favorite broadcast detecting unit detecting a plurality of favorite channels according to time, based on statistics of broadcasts being selected by a user according to time; and a document creating unit converting information regarding favorite broadcasts, which are broadcast via the user's favorite channels according to time, into a document in a data format permitted in the user's terminal, the information included in the electronic program guide, the electronic program guide displaying the plurality of favorite channels according to time, wherein each favorite channel of the plurality of favorite channels is displayed on a corresponding time in a favorite channel column included in the electronic program guide, wherein the document creating unit converts information regarding an alarm indicating a broadcast time of at least one broadcast which will be broadcasted via the favorite channels of the user, into a document in the data format.