Patent ID: 8127332

Claim:
A system for dynamically transmitting updated program system information from a television network to an affiliate station using information embedded in an HDTV signal, comprising: a program data server configured to provide updated program system information protocol (PSIP) data; a network video programming source configured to provide network video programming; a data inserter configured to insert the PSIP data into video line 12 , data ID (DID) 0x53, secondary data ID (SDID) of the vertical ancillary space of the HDTV signal of vertical ancillary (VANC) space of a high definition television (HDTV) signal to develop a combined network video programming and PSIP data signal, the data inserter comprising a data formatter configured to format the PSIP data and a multiplexer configured to combine the network video programming and PSIP data; and a transmission facility configured to transmit the combined network video programming and PSIP data signal.