Patent ID: 8589577

Claim:
An apparatus for processing IP packets, comprising: a multimedia content server that transforms multimedia contents into sets of data and integrates the sets of data to form continuous streams of IP packets, each set of data comprising start and end data and being associated with at least one type of data, wherein the multimedia content server adds information data to the IP packets, the information data at least partly defining the set of data that is integrated into the IP packets, at least partly defining the multimedia content of which the set of data forms part, or at least partly defining information relating to the transmission of the multimedia content to communication equipment via a broadcast network; and an IP encapsulation equipment in operative communication with the multimedia content server that analyzes the information data to optimize encapsulation of the continuous streams of IP packets into bursts, wherein at least some of the IP packets are encapsulated in selected positions in the bursts as a function of the corresponding information data so that all IP packets including the data of a set are encapsulated in a single burst.