Patent ID: 8776129

Claim:
A method to set repetition intervals for tables to be transmitted as part of a digital television (DTV) transport stream, the method comprising: setting repetition intervals for a sequence of event information tables EIT0, EIT1, EIT2, and EIT3 containing program information covering different time spans, wherein the repetition interval of the EIT0 is less than the repetition interval of the EIT1; setting repetition intervals for a sequence of extended text tables ETT0, ETT1, ETT2, and ETT3 containing program description information associated with the EIT0, EIT1, EIT2, and EIT3, respectively, wherein the repetition interval of the ETT3 is greater than a sum of the repetition interval of the EIT0 and the repetition interval of the EIT1; setting a repetition interval for a master guide table (MGT), wherein the repetition interval of the MGT is less than a repetition interval of the EIT3; and broadcasting the DTV transport stream having the EITs and the ETTs therein to receiving devices.