Patent ID: 8316397
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: H04H

Abstract:
1. A digital broadcasting system for providing file information in a file download service using broadcasting information, the digital broadcasting system comprising: a broadcasting server for transmitting an Electronic Service Guide (ESG) comprising a schedule event fragment including file information about at least one file included in a file set and information indicating transmission of the file set, wherein the file set is generated by grouping the at least one file provided by the download service; and a terminal for receiving the ESG, for evaluating the schedule event fragment of the ESG upon receipt of a request for downloadable file information, and for evaluating the information about the at least one file included in the file set and displaying the information if the schedule event fragment comprises the information about the file set, wherein the broadcasting server incorporates information about a single file into a content location element of the schedule event fragment when the file set comprises only the single file, and incorporates at least one of a content Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) type element comprising information about an encoding type used to group the files included in the file set and a content list type element comprising file list information corresponding to the file set into an archive location element of the schedule event fragment when the file set comprises more than one file.