Patent ID: 9485108
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: H04L,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method for broadcasting content in a File Delivery over Unidirectional Transport (FLUTE) Protocol session within a broadcast network, comprising: receiving content comprising a plurality of content files, the plurality of content files comprising files of a first size and second size that is different from the first size; assembling the plurality of content files into a FLUTE session having a first file delivery table (FDT) channel, a second FDT channel, a third channel and a fourth channel, wherein the first FDT channel, the second FDT channel, the third channel and the fourth channel are described by the same session identifier and different channel identifiers in a session description of the FLUTE session; scheduling broadcast times and channels for the plurality of content files included in the FLUTE session; generating a first FDT and a second FDT, each of the first FDT and the second FDT identifying the scheduled broadcast times and channels for the plurality of content files in the FLUTE session; broadcasting the first FDT over the first FDT channel and the second FDT over the second FDT channel during the FLUTE session, wherein the first FDT broadcast over the first FDT channel is updated more frequently than the second FDT broadcast over the second FDT channel; and broadcasting the plurality of content files at the scheduled broadcast times and on the channels identified in the first FDT during the FLUTE session such that the files of the first size are broadcast on the third channel at a first data rate and the files of the second size are broadcast on the fourth channel at a second data rate that is different from the first data rate.