Patent ID: 8842666

Claim:
A method comprising: generating a plurality of content packets associated with multimedia content; adding a sync header to each content packet to form a plurality of corresponding sync packets, wherein each sync header includes a packet presentation time stamp; generating a plurality of blocks corresponding to the plurality of sync packets, wherein each block includes at least a portion of a sync packet of the plurality of sync packets and a framing header corresponding to the portion of the sync packet included in each block, wherein a first block of the plurality of blocks includes a first framing header and includes at least a portion of a first sync packet, and wherein the first framing header included in the first block indicates a length of the portion of the first sync packet and whether the portion of the first sync packet is a last portion of the first sync packet; and generating a superframe that includes the plurality of blocks, wherein a first actual presentation time is associated with the first sync packet, wherein a first packet presentation time stamp is added to a superframe time to determine the first actual presentation time, and wherein the superframe time is obtained from overhead information symbols of the superframe.