Patent ID: 7072575

Claim:
A system for synchronizing video indexing between an audio/video (A/V) signal and data for a broadcast program, comprising: a broadcast data synchronization and transmission system which produces live broadcast program to be broadcasted and extendible markup language (XML) TAG information for the live broadcast program, combines the XML TAG information with the produced broadcast program, and transmits the combined data of a moving picture expert group (MPEG) transport stream to a broadcasting network, wherein the broadcast data synchronization and transmission system includes a contents production and synchronization unit which comprises: a stream unit which detects group of pictures (GOP) positions of an MPEG stream to be broadcasted on a television; a shot/scene unit which sets and marks an XML TAG in the corresponding GOP positions detected by the stream unit; an XML unit which synchronizes the marked XML TAG with the MPEG stream to be broadcasted; and a generation unit which generates and outputs the XML TAG information based upon the result from the XML unit.