Patent ID: 9723362
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method for a broadcast receiving device to receive a broadcast, comprising: receiving service signaling data for a broadcast service, wherein the service signaling data includes a time slot descriptor; obtaining the time slot descriptor from the service signaling data, wherein the time slot descriptor indicates time a content item is scheduled to be made available; and providing the broadcast service based on the time slot descriptor, wherein the time slot descriptor includes a time slot type field which represents a type of a time slot including an acquisition time slot and represents a minimum time interval length which is needed to guarantee that at least one complete instance of the content item will be transmitted during a time interval, and the time interval encoded by the time slot descriptor of the acquisition slot type indicates a period when the content item is available, wherein the content item is transmitted during the time interval and the broadcast receiving device acquires the content item by starting acquisition of the content item at any time during the time interval, including right at the end of the time interval.