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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2001
Applicants:
Shinji Negishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tamotsu Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shinji Negishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tamotsu Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to the present invention, when a terrestrial digital broadcasting is carried out by applying an OFDM modulation to transport streams MPEG-2 Systems, the plural transport streams subject to a connected transmission are divided into groups and these transport streams are coordinated. Then, a broadcasting station generates a connected transmission descriptor for coordinating the plural transport streams steams subject to the connected transmission and describes the generated connected transmission descriptor in an NIT to multiplex the transport streams.