Patent ID: 8132224
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: H04H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for transmitting multimedia broadcasting, comprising: a reference clock generator/transmitter, which generates and transmits a reference clock value, which is a current time value of real-time multimedia broadcasting at the transmission and reception locations; a multimedia document generator/transmitter, which generates and transmits a multimedia document scheduled at the generated reference clock value; and a media data generator/transmitter, which generates and transmits media data used to render the generated multimedia document; wherein the multimedia document is a synchronized multimedia integration language (SMIL) document, wherein each of the reference clock value, the multimedia document, and the media data has time slot information including a broadcasting time zone in which the reference clock value, the multimedia document, or the media data is scheduled, and wherein when all of the reference clock value, the multimedia document, and the media data have the same time slot information, the multimedia document is rendered using the media data, by at least one apparatus of the reception locations which is currently receiving the reference clock value.