Method of processing channel information and receiver

摘要

A method of processing channel information and a receiver are disclosed. The receiver includes a first manager, a database, a channel manager, and a second manager. The first manager may receive a packet including service provider discovery information including service provider identification information, and a packet including service discovery information including content provider identification information and content service identification information and extracting the information included in the packets. The second manager may perform a control operation to form multi-part channel information using the identification information and receive a content service of a channel corresponding to the multi-part channel information.

主权项

1. A method of processing channel information of a transmitter, the method comprising:
generating a plurality of logical channel numbers which are used for a plurality of content providers to provide contents, a plurality of geographical location identifiers indicating geographical locations where the plurality of content providers are located in, and a plurality of service provider identifiers each of which packages channels provided by the plurality of contents providers into a service to provide a packaged service through a delivery channel; generating a plurality of multi-part channel numbers by combining the plurality of logical channel numbers and the plurality of geographical location identifiers, and the plurality of service provider identifiers; generating channel number information including the plurality of multi-part channel number; inserting the channel number information to service identification information; and transmitting the service identification information, wherein a value of a logical channel number for one content provider is permitted to be identical to a value of a logical channel number for another content provider, wherein the plurality of service provider identifiers are used for distinguishing identical channels delivered by different service providers.