Patent ID: 9237328
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for transmitting a multi-view program composed of a plurality of video streams in a digital broadcasting system, the method comprising: generating information representing that the program is a multi-view program, information on a composition of the multi-view program and information on a plurality of physical channels through which the multi-view program is transmitted; and transmitting the multi-view program and the generated information through the plurality of physical channels, wherein: the plurality of video streams are one reference video stream and one or more additional video streams, wherein the reference video stream is a video stream containing a reference image, and the additional video stream is a video stream containing an additional image; the information on the composition of the multi-view program contains information representing that the multi-view program is composed of the plurality of video streams and information representing that the plurality of video streams are transmitted through the plurality of physical channels; the information on the plurality of physical channels contains information on a main physical channel through which the reference video stream is transmitted, the number of physical subchannels through which the additional video stream is transmitted and information on each of the physical subchannels; and said transmitting transmits the video stream through each of the physical channels based on the information on the composition of the multi-view program and the information on the plurality of physical channels, wherein the information on the plurality of physical channels are inserted into a first loop and a second loop in a data structure table of the digital broadcasting system, wherein the first loop indicates information on the main physical channel through which the reference video stream is transmitted, wherein the second loop indicates information on the physical subchannel through which the additional video stream is transmitted, wherein the information on the composition of the multi-view program are represented by being defined in a descriptor, wherein the descriptor is inserted into the data structure table, contains a field for identifying the descriptor and a field for representing length of the descriptor.