Patent ID: 8650592

Claim:
A streaming server for reducing a zapping delay, the streaming server comprising: a coding unit to classify channel data for each channel of a plurality of channels into base layer data and expansion layer data and to code the classified data; a division unit to divide the coded data for each channel of the plurality of channels in one of a plurality of time-slice units; a duration data transmission unit to transmit duration data of time-slice for each channel; and a stream transmission unit to transmit the data for a channel of the plurality of channels as a burst in the one of the plurality of time-slice units corresponding to the channel, in a predetermined time, comprising: a main stream transmission unit to transmit a main stream including the base layer data and the expansion layer data, for the channel in the burst during the one of the plurality of time-slice units, and a preview stream transmission unit to transmit a preview stream, separate from the main stream, including the base layer data of all of the plurality of channels in the burst during the one of the plurality of time-slice units.