Patent ID: 7475418

Claim:
A digital broadcasting system, comprising: a transmitter that transmits a first transport stream in a first service area, the first transport stream including: links between first programs in the first transport stream in the first service area and second programs in one or more transport streams in a second service area, and priorities for the links; and a receiver that receives the first transport stream including the first programs, the links, and the priorities for the links from the transmitter, and automatically selects one of the second programs that corresponds to one of the first programs when the receiver moves from the first service area to the second service area, wherein the selecting includes: using the links to locate the selected second program in the one or more transport streams in the second service area when the links identify a match between one of the first programs and one of the second programs, and searching the second programs in order of the priorities, when the links do not identify the match; wherein the second service area is adjacent to the first service area, and one or more second programs in the second service area are different from one or more first programs in the first service area.