METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLEXING AND DISTRIBUTING DATA WITH PREFORMATTED REAL-TIME VIDEO

摘要

A system for providing efficient constant bit rate distribution of variable bit-rate encoded video programs while facilitating the distribution of encoded video programs, along with Auxiliary Data of a general character, to one or more receivers. At a particular receiver, a customized augmented video program is created by inserting selected portions of the Auxiliary Data into a selected encoded video program. The encoded video portion of the augmented video program can be transmitted, decoded and displayed in real time, while the Auxiliary Data need not be transmitted in real time but can be stored locally at the receiver for real-time presentation at a later time. Real-time presentation might include insertion into the video program while non-real-time presentation might include insertion into non-video applications separate from the video program.