Patent ID: 8875211

Claim:
A method of transmitting a broadcast signal for a non-real-time (NRT) service, the method comprising: generating the broadcast signal including the NRT service that is a broadcast service delivered in advance of its use and signaling data for signaling the NRT service; and transmitting the NRT service via a broadcast channel and the signaling data via a service signaling channel with a specific Internet Protocol (IP) address and a user datagram protocol (UDP) port number, wherein the signaling data includes a service map table and a NRT content table, wherein the NRT content table contains first information describing NRT content included in the NRT service, wherein the NRT content is available for download to storage in a broadcast receiving device, wherein the first information includes download time information specifying times during which the NRT content delivered in at least one FLUTE session is to be made available for download, wherein the NRT content is segmented into files that are delivered in the at least one FLUTE session, wherein the service map table contains service-level attributes for the NRT service including the NRT content, second information used as a link from the service map table to the to the NRT content table, and NRT service status information identifying a status of the NRT service, wherein a most significant bit of the NRT service status information indicates whether the NRT service is active or inactive, wherein a least significant bit of the NRT service status information indicates whether or not the NRT service is hidden, and wherein the NRT content table further contains content title information specifying a title of the NRT content and content title length information specifying a length of the content title information.