Patent ID: 7356029

Claim:
A method of encapsulating an Internet Protocol (â€œIP2) data packet into at least one Moving Pictures Experts Group (â€œMPEG2) data packet, the IP data packet having content and a destination address and the method comprising: receiving the IP data packet; examining the destination address to determine whether the IP data packet is a multicast IP packet; if the IP data packet is determined to be a multicast packet; creating a Digital Storage Media-Command and Control (â€œDSM-CC2) header for the MPEG data packet using the destination address from the IP data packet; creating an MPEG header for the at least one MPEG data packet; and assembling the DSM-CC header, the MPEG header and the content from the IP data packet into at least one MPEG data packet; if the IP data packet is determined not to be a multicast packet; routing the IP data packet through a host processor stack.