Patent ID: 7861280

Claim:
A method of receiving a digital broadcast signal in a digital broadcast receiver, the method comprising: receiving a digital broadcast signal including an application information table (AIT), the application information table (AIT) comprising a set of application information associated with a data broadcast application, wherein the set of application information includes a first data field, the first data field having a first value when the data broadcast application is a bound application and having a second value when the data broadcast application is an unbound application; parsing the first data field included in the set of application information to obtain the value of the first data field that indicates whether the data broadcast application is bound to a specific broadcast program; controlling a storage of the data broadcast application based on a value of the first data field, wherein the data broadcast application is identified as a bound application or unbound application upon storage; and displaying a bound application separate from an unbound application based on a user command signal.