Patent ID: 9674027
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: H04H,H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A method of transmitting media content for a presentation, the method comprising; converting and dividing, by a format converter, the media content stored in a file format into first segments of a delivery format; converting, by the format converter, signaling information for the media content into a second segment of the delivery format, wherein the second segment contains metadata that is necessary to present the media content encapsulated in the first segments and wherein the metadata includes Program Map Table (PMT) and Program Association Table (PAT) for MPEG-2 transport stream (TS); and transmitting, by transmitter, the first segments of the delivery format and the second segment of the delivery format, wherein the second segment precedes the first segments, wherein the second segment delivering the signaling information is different from the first segments delivering the media content, wherein the second segment only contains the signaling information, and wherein program clock reference (PCR) information for the media content is further transmitted through a segment other than the first segments of the delivery format.