Patent ID: 7941823

Claim:
A method of propagating an audiovisual asset, said method comprising the steps of: obtaining a representation of said audiovisual asset; processing said representation of said audiovisual asset to obtain at least one normal playback video elementary stream of said audiovisual asset and at least one trick mode video elementary stream of said audiovisual asset; forming a single program transport stream from said at least one normal playback video elementary stream of said audiovisual asset and said at least one trick mode video elementary stream of said audiovisual asset by multiplexing said at least one normal playback video elementary stream and said at least one trick mode video elementary stream together into a designated frequency band, said at least one trick mode video elementary stream of said audiovisual asset being encapsulated in said single program transport stream, said at least one normal playback video elementary stream having a normal playback video elementary stream packet identifier code, said at least one trick mode video elementary stream having a trick mode video elementary stream packet identifier code; facilitating streaming of said single program transport stream within a network; and using said normal playback video elementary stream packet identifier code and said trick mode video elementary stream packet identifier code to distinguish said at least one normal playback video elementary stream from said at least one trick mode video elementary stream.