Patent ID: 7908639

Claim:
An information transmitting apparatus, comprising: packet extracting means for extracting a packet related to content which is permitted to be transmitted on a partial transport stream from a transport stream and for discarding a non-permitted packet related to broadcast provider service information which is not permitted to be transmitted on the partial transport stream; an interface for transmitting the partial transport stream which is output through the packet extracting means to another unit external to the information transmitting apparatus; and means for adding one or more packets of data related to broadcast provider service information to the partial transport stream as a packet of one or more private sections and a packet of a private user, wherein the packet extracting means is configured to output packets of video, audio, and data and packets of sections of a PAT (Program Association Table), a PMT (Program Map Table), an SIT (Selection Information Table), and a DIT (Discontinuity Information Table) and to output the non-permitted packet as one of the packet of the private section and the packet of the private user when the non-permitted packet is to be output through the interface.