Patent ID: 8166192
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of receiving a non-real time service, the method comprising: receiving a broadcast signal including IP datagrams, the IP datagrams containing one or more non-real time services, which associated with one or more content items, that are delivered in advance of its use and stored in a receiving device, first signaling data containing service-level attributes for the non-real time service, and second signaling data including a service fragment and a content fragment of a service guide for the non-real time service; identifying the one or more non-real time services based on the first signaling data; and constructing a service guide for the one or more non-real time services based on the second signaling data, wherein the content item is composed of one or more files being delivered via a File Delivery over Unidirectional Transport (FLUTE) file delivery session, wherein the service fragment includes an element indicating that the service fragment contains information regarding the identified non-real time service, and wherein the content fragment includes a linkage element linking from a content item to one or more files, the linking element having an identifier of the content item, the identifier of the content item being used to map one or more files to the content item with a content identifier included in a FLUTE File Description Table (FDT) instance for the non-real time service.