Patent ID: 8640164

Claim:
A local information broadcast system, comprising: a content distribution center which distributes broadcast content and distributes control information to control editing the broadcast content and transmitting a digital broadcast signal; a master station which receives the broadcast content and the control information from the content distribution center and transmits the broadcast content and the control information to an arbitrary local service area; a broadcast device which is disposed in the arbitrary local service area and is connected to the master station via a communication path, the broadcast device re-transmitting in the arbitrary local service area the broadcast content as local information by transmitting the digital broadcast signal based on the control information; and a cellular receiving terminal which receives the digital broadcast signal from the broadcast device when the cellular receiving terminal enters the arbitrary local service area, wherein the broadcast device comprises: a communication unit which receives the broadcast content and the control information from the master station, and generates editing control information to edit the broadcast content and transmission control information to transmit the digital broadcast signal; a storage unit which edits the broadcast content received by the communication unit based on the editing control information and stores the edited broadcast content; an output unit which cyclically reads and outputs the broadcast content stored in the storage unit; and a transmitting unit which converts the cyclically output broadcast content into the digital broadcast signal with a pre-assigned channel frequency and transmits the digital broadcast signal based on the transmission control information.