Patent ID: 8661474

Claim:
A method of receiving a digital broadcast in a mobile terminal, comprising: displaying, via a display unit of the mobile terminal, a standby screen representing a standby mode of the mobile terminal, wherein when the mobile terminal is in the standby mode, the mobile terminal is not receiving the digital broadcast and during the standby mode, the mobile terminal: recognizes a number input via an input unit of the mobile terminal; searches for a broadcast channel mapped by the input number in a memory while displaying the standby screen; reads broadcast information for the broadcast channel mapped by the input number from digital multimedia service data; displays the broadcast information on a prescribed area of the displayed standby screen; and simultaneously displays, on the display unit, a phone number corresponding to the input number according to an abbreviated dialing function of a call mode of the mobile terminal; and entering a digital broadcast receiving mode of the broadcast channel, if a control signal for a digital broadcast reception is received, while the broadcast information for the broadcast channel is displayed, wherein when the mobile terminal is in the digital broadcast receiving mode, the mobile terminal is configured to receive the digital broadcast.