Patent ID: 7697478

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving data relating to available broadcast programs in a first network area, the data including at least one identifier for each available broadcast program, and storing said data in a mobile terminal; while receiving a first program from a transmitter in the first network area, the mobile terminal detecting a need for handover to a second network area; the mobile terminal using data relating to available broadcast programs in the second network area, the data including at least one identifier for each available broadcast program, to determine if the first program is available in the second network area, and the mobile terminal receiving the first program from a transmitter in the second network area if it is available, and if the first program is not available, the mobile terminal comparing the data relating to the first program to the data relating to available broadcast programs in the second network area to determine one or more programs which are available in the second network area and which have one or more identifiers in common with the first program, thereby identifying one or more other programs, and the mobile terminal subsequently receiving one of the one or more other programs from the second network area transmitter.