Patent ID: 8682339
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for sending a broadcast service in a digital broadcasting system, comprising: assigning, by a cooperating Internet Protocol (IP) platform handler, a same IP address for a common broadcast service when the common broadcast service is provided in at least two cooperating IP platforms each providing a broadcast service to a terminal; delivering the common broadcast service using the same IP address; and delivering related information relevant to the common broadcast service, wherein the related information includes information for indicating whether the common broadcast service exists in the at least two cooperating IP platforms, a common number of the at least two cooperating IP platforms, an identifier of each of the at least two cooperating IP platforms, and information indicating whether an Electronic Service Guide (ESG) fragment for the common broadcast service is identical in the at least two cooperating IP platforms.