Patent ID: 6876835
Filing Date: 2005-04-05
Classification: H04H

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a user with information at a receiver in a digital broadcast system comprising the steps of: receiving content segments at said receiver, said content segments corresponding to respective partitions of content files being transmitted in said digital broadcast system, said content segments being transmitted with control data indicating which of said content segments relate to which of said content files, the total number of said content segments that constitute at least one of said content files, and segment identifiers to distinguish each of said content segments that belong in said at least one of said content files, some of said content files being on-demand files and provided with a file identification code indicating that said content can be selected for on-demand play back at said receiver; storing at least one said file identification code corresponding to a selected one of said on-demand files in a memory device; determining which received said content segments correspond to the selected said on-demand file using said control data, and said file identification code in said memory device; and storing said content segments corresponding to said on-demand file in said memory device.