Digital broadcasting system for storing broadcast data and method for transmitting and receiving broadcast data

A digital broadcasting system comprising:

• a receiver for receiving broadcast data transmitted from a transmitter of the digital broadcasting system;
• a flag identifier provided in the receiver to identify a flag which indicates a specific block of data included in the broadcast data;
• and
• a storing section provided in the receiver to store digital broadcast data according to the results of flag identification.

A digital broadcasting system comprising:

• a receiver for receiving broadcast data transmitted from a transmitter of the digital broadcasting system;
• a flag identifier provided in the receiver to detect and identify a flag included in the broadcast data to indicate at least one of the start or end of a broadcast program;
• and
• a storing section provided in the receiver to store the broadcast data according to results of the flag identification.

A method for receiving broadcast data in a digital broadcasting system, comprising the steps of:

• receiving broadcast data and detecting an identification flag indicating at least one of the start and end of a specific block of the broadcast data;
• determining whether a user has selected storage of the specific block of the broadcast data, if an identification flag is detected in the broadcast data;
• determining whether the identification flag indicates one of the start and end of the specific block, if storage of the specific block has been selected;
• storing the received broadcast data, if the flag indicates the start;
• and terminating the storage of the broadcast data if the flag indicates the end of the specific block.

A method for receiving broadcast data in a digital broadcasting system, comprising the steps of:

• receiving broadcast data and detecting an identification flag indicating one of the start and end of a broadcast program;
• determining whether a user has selected storage of the broadcast data corresponding to the broadcast program, when an identification flag is detected in the broadcast data;
• determining whether the identification flag indicates one of the start and end of the broadcast program, when storage of the broadcast data has been selected;
• storing the received broadcast data, when the flag indicates the start;
• and
• terminating the storage of the broadcast data, when the flag indicates the end.