Patent ID: 8463849

Claim:
A method for providing broadcast content in a digital broadcast system, the method comprising: configuring a manifest file including a content IDentifier (ID) and transmitting the manifest file by a content transmission server, wherein configuring and transmitting comprises: including last segment indication information in the manifest file and transmitting the manifest file by the content transmission server; determining, based on the last segment indication information, whether the content segment is a last segment of content with the content ID by the client device; and if the segment is the last segment of the content, ending the recording by the client device; receiving the manifest file by a client device; determining whether the content ID included in the manifest file is identical to an ID of user-requested content by the client device for recording; and if the content ID included in the manifest file is identical to the ID of the user-requested content, recording a content segment received from a content providing server by the client device.