Patent ID: 8156237

Claim:
A method of transmitting a broadcast signal for non-real time service, the method comprising: generating the broadcast signal having a non-real time service/content, and signaling data for signaling the non-real time service/content, the non-real time service/content being a broadcast service/content that are delivered in advance of its use, wherein the signaling data includes a service map table containing service-level attributes for a non-real time broadcasting and a non-real time information table containing information describing non-real time contents available for download to storage in a broadcast receiving device, the service map table including service identifier identifying non-real time service, wherein the service identifier is also used as a linkage to the non-real time information table from the service map table; and transmitting the non-real time service/content via a broadcast channel and the signaling data via a service signaling channel with a specific Internet Protocol (IP) address and user datagram protocol (UDP) port number; wherein the non-real time information table includes Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) information specifying at least one uniform resource locator (URL) when retrieving data for the non-real time content via an internet is available; wherein the non-real time information table further includes a content linkage element to link from the non-real time content to files delivered in one or more File Delivery over Unidirectional Transport (FLUTE) sessions that are components of the non-real time service with which the non-real time content is associated, the files belonging to the non-real time content.