Patent ID: 9027062
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. For use in a content-based network having a plurality of client devices in communication therewith, a method of re-encapsulating internet content from Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)-4 (MP4) encapsulation format to Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)-2 (MPEG2) encapsulation format in order to utilize said content on at least one consumer premises equipment (CPE), said method comprising: receiving a plurality of programs in an MP4 format container; generating a program map table (PMT) and a program association table (PAT) of said programs; extracting information from one or more International Standardization Organization (ISO) boxes of said MP4 container; extracting from said MP4 container a plurality of elementary streams using information contained in one or more ISO boxes of said MP4 container; encapsulating said elementary streams into a packetized format suitable for MPEG-2 transmission, said act of encapsulating comprising utilizing said extracted information to add sync words, sequence headers and picture headers; multiplexing said packetized elementary streams into a previously generated MPEG-2 multiple program transport stream; and delivering said MPEG-2 transport stream to said at least one CPE.