Patent ID: 7032235
Filing Date: 2006-04-18
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for selectively recasting a program over a computer network, comprising the steps of: storing a digital media package on a local storage device; receiving and de-multiplexing a media transport stream from a broadcast signal, said media transport stream containing a source program in a plurality of digital media program packets; recasting said digital media program packets as a plurality of computer network data packets over the computer network while continuing to receive said source program from said broadcast signal; monitoring a control signal for a local insert command; interrupting said recasting step and transmitting said stored digital media package over the computer network in response to said local insert command while continuing to receive said source program from said broadcast signal; and returning to said recasting step; wherein said receiving and de-multiplexing step is further comprised of; reading from said local storage device a stored specification for said source program; receiving a broadcast signal of a transport stream, said transport stream containing packetized stream data with a plurality of packet identifiers respectively corresponding to a plurality of programs; de-multiplexing said packetized stream data for said plurality of programs; selecting and extracting said source program packets from said plurality of programs according to each of said packet identifiers that correspond with said stored specification.