Patent ID: 8422496
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: H04H,H04L

Abstract:
1. A broadcast-content transmitting and receiving system comprising a broadcast-content transmitting apparatus and a broadcast-content receiving apparatus, said broadcast-content transmitting apparatus including: a transmitting side receiving unit that receives IP packets that include broadcast content; an assigning unit that assigns each of the IP packets received by the transmitting side receiving unit to one of two layers, an A layer and a B layer of a digital broadcast, according to a given method based on a prescribed pattern possessed by the assigning unit; and a transmitting side first layer processing unit and a transmitting side second layer processing unit to which the IP packets are assigned, each of the transmitting side first layer processing unit and the transmitting side second layer processing unit including: an encapsulating unit that encapsulates, into a given format, each of the IP packets assigned by the assigning unit; an encapsulation-format-information generating unit that generates encapsulation format information concerning the given format; and a transmitting unit that transmits the IP packets encapsulated by the encapsulating unit together with the encapsulation format information to a terrestrial digital broadcast network, and said broadcast-content receiving apparatus including: a receiving side receiving unit that receives, via the terrestrial digital broadcast network, the IP packets and the encapsulation format information of the IP packets from said transmitting unit; an encapsulation-format-information analyzing unit that analyzes the encapsulation format information of the IP packets; a receiving side first layer processing unit and a receiving side second layer processing unit that correspond to the two layers respectively and process the IP packets, each of the receiving side first layer processing unit and the receiving side second layer processing unit including a decapsulating unit that decapsulates the IP packets based on an analysis result by the encapsulation-format-information analyzing unit; and a merging unit that merges the IP packets decapsulated by the decapsulating unit, wherein the assigning unit detects an IP address of each of the IP packets, compares the IP address detected with assignment information prescribed for each IP address, and assigns the IP packets based on a comparison result.