Patent ID: 7283491
Filing Date: 2007-10-16
Classification: H04B,H04H,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A communication system for use in carrying out multicast/broadcast communication through a terrestrial network and a digital broadcast network having a plurality of digital broadcast channels, comprising: a communication center which includes a program table accessible through the terrestrial network and representative of a time schedule of each program in the digital broadcast channels; and a digital broadcast station, included in the digital broadcast network and coupled to the communication center, for broadcasting information through the digital broadcast network by assigning the digital broadcast channels in a time sharing manner in accordance with the program table, wherein the terrestrial network comprises an Internet, wherein the digital broadcast network comprises a satellite communication network including a satellite, and wherein the communication center includes the program table that is included in a home page and that is to be reserved in an empty time zone of the program table through the Internet.