METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECEIVING AN EXPANDED SERVICE/PROGRAM GUIDE

摘要

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for receiving an expanded service/program guide comprises the steps of: receiving a service description table which includes information about services from a broadcast network; parsing application descriptors providing information about an expanded program guide application relating to the services, from the service description table; extracting a first application identifier which identifies the expanded program guide application, from the application descriptor; receiving an application information table which provides information on applications related to a specific service, from the broadcast network; and obtaining the address of a server for providing an expanded program guide application denoted by an application identifier matching the first application identifier from among second application identifiers comprised in the application information table, and receiving the expanded program guide application from the address of the server on an interactive network.