Patent ID: 7340764

Claim:
A data transmission system for distributing predetermined data through transmission paths, the data transmission system comprising: a data transmitting apparatus including data supply means for supplying the data, transmission control means for dividing the data supplied by the data supply means into a predetermined number of data files to distribute the divided divisional data files, and data transmitting means for transmitting each of the distributed divisional data files respectively through a predetermined transmission path, wherein the data transmitting apparatus stores the distributed divisional data files in a private section of a respective transport stream; and a data receiving apparatus including data receiving means for receiving the divisional data files transmitted through the predetermined transmission paths, data receiving control means for restoring the received divisional data files into original data, and data output means for outputting the restored data, wherein the data receiving apparatus extracts the divisional data files from the private section of the transport stream; and wherein said divisional data files can be restored into original data when a predetermined number of packets are removed by said data receiving apparatus from a group of packets generated by said data transmitting apparatus.