Patent ID: 7035295

Claim:
A method of transmitting a target stream compliant with the Real Time Protocol, the target stream having time stamps according to its content, the method comprising the steps of: receiving the target stream from at least one source and receiving a broadcasting stream from a broadcasting network, the broadcasting stream being compliant with the MPEG-2 standard; packetizing or sectionalizing the broadcasting stream to form a compliant MPEG-2 Systems stream; encapsulating the target stream in a stream of DSM-CC sections; and multiplexing the stream of DSM-CC sections and the compliant MPEG-2 Systems stream to form a transport stream compliant with MPEG-2, the transport stream including transport stream packets into which the stream of DSM-CC sections and compliant MPEG-2 Systems stream are divided and encapsulated, the transport stream packets each including a packet identifier for itself.