Patent ID: 8930995
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for providing multiple formats through an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) schema based on eXtensible Markup Language (XML) in terrestrial Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) system, the method comprising the steps of: (1) setting, by a control unit, a predetermined format type for defining type information of EPG information in an EPG document to have format values of combined multiple data services simultaneously provided by a single service including the combined multiple data services; and (2) converting, by the control unit, a format type permitting only a single attribute to the predetermined format type having simultaneous multiple format values of the single service in an XML schema document for providing the simultaneous multiple format values of the combined multiple data services associated the single service, wherein the combined multiple data services include audio, Dynamic Layer service (DLS), Multimedia Object Transfer (MOT) Slideshow, MOT Broadcasting Website Service (MOTBWS), Transport Protocol Expert Group (TPEG), and Differential GPS (DGPS).