MULTIPLEXING STRUCTURES, LATENCY REDUCTION, AND STREAM INDEXING FOR DELIVERY OF ENCODED INTERACTIVE PROGRAM GUIDE

摘要

Various aspects are disclosed relating to delivery (Fig. 29) of an encoded interactive program guide (fig. 1). A first aspect relates to an apparatus for forming a multiplexed (fig. 2, item 260) transport stream (fig. 4) to deliver an encoded interactive program guide (fig. 11). A second aspect relates to techniques to reduce latencies or delays in the delivery of an encoded interactive program guide (fig. 37). A third aspect relates to stream indexing (fig. 40) for delivery of an encoded interactive program guide.