Patent ID: 6931021

Claim:
A multi-channel digital data sending-out apparatus comprising: management means for supervising information gathered from at least one information source; programming means for supervising information of digital data being sent and controlling the progress of the digital data to be sent out; registering means for registering the information of the digital data gathered from the at least one information source to a server in order to be sent out; holding means for holding the digital data; sending-out means for sending out the digital data held by said holding means to a transmission path as multi-channel digital data; connection means for interconnecting said management means, programming means, registering means, holding means and the sending-out means to permit each of said means to access at least one other of said means; conversion means for converting the format of the digital data held by said holding means into a transmission format, and for multiplexing time information, service identification information, and service management information to generate a stream which is sent out; and auxiliary holding means for holding at least a two-day installment of the digital data, progress information and system configuration information.