Patent ID: 8948777
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for receiving a broadcast service by a terminal in a digital broadcasting system, the method comprising: receiving related information relevant to a common broadcast service, the common broadcast service being provided in common in at least two cooperating Internet Protocol (IP) platforms; determining whether a currently received broadcast service is the common broadcast service, based on the related information; and receiving the common broadcast service using a same IP address for the common broadcast service through one of the at least two cooperating IP platforms, 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.