Patent ID: 7929560

Claim:
A packet transmitting apparatus, comprising: a reception processor operable to receive a plurality of broadcasting channels, each of the plurality of broadcasting channels having specific program information, and operable to acquire an input stream of a specific broadcasting channel of the plurality of received broadcasting channels; a program information acquisition unit operable to extract first program information from the acquired input stream, and operable to acquire second program information relating to a program on the specific broadcasting channel, the second program information being acquired from one of (i) a reception signal of a preset broadcasting channel that is different from the specific broadcasting channel, and (ii) an input signal received via a communication network; a program information recomposition unit operable to recompose new program information that includes attribute information, the new program information being recomposed by selecting one of the first program information and the second program information, or by combining both the first program information and the second program information, the attribute information indicating whether the new program information is recomposed by selecting the first program information, selecting the second program information, or by combining the first program information and the second program information; a filtering unit operable to perform filtering on the acquired input stream using the recomposed new program information; and a transmission unit operable to form a new output stream that contains the filtered input stream, operable to packetize the formed new output stream, and operable to transmit the packetized output stream to the outside.