Patent ID: 6460086
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
A method for delivery of bytecodes within a transport stream comprising:obtaining media data for transmission to a client at a receiver station via a transport stream; decomposing said media data into at least one primary packets, wherein each of said at least one primary packets comprises a primary packet header and a primary packet data; decomposing said each of said at least one primary packets into a plurality of secondary packets of fixed length, each of said plurality of secondary packets having a transport stream header section and a transport stream payload section, wherein said transport stream comprises said plurality of secondary packets; embedding bytecodes in said primary packet header of said primary packet; decoding said transport stream at said receiver station to separate said bytecodes from said media data; using said bytecodes to control playback of said media data at said receiver station.