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Abstract

A method and apparatus for embedding of bytecode data in a transport stream is described. Embodiments of the invention serve to make Java.TM. bytecode (in a class file) concurrently available to a user that is receiving media information through a transport stream. To ensure the concurrent delivery of bytecode, the information is embedded within spaces allocated in the transport stream, or in packets that carry the media data. In one embodiment of the invention, media data is grouped in structured packets referred to as Packetized Elementary Stream (PES) packets. Predefined spaces are available in each PES packet where bytecode data is embedded. In one embodiment of the invention the pre-defined space is allocated within the header segment of a PES packet. In another embodiment bytecode instruction are embedded within a private stream segment of a PES packet. One transport stream used with the invention is an MPEG-2 transport stream that includes structured packets that transport the PES packets. These transport stream packets, in turn, have within them pre-defined spaces. Bytecode data can also be embedded within spaces available in the transport stream. In an embodiment of this invention bytecode can be embedded in a transport stream header or a transport stream payload segment. In other embodiments, bytecode data is transmitted in the private stream segment and retransmission of bytecode data is accomplished in other regions of the PES packet. In another embodiment, bytecode data is transmitted in an adaptation field and retransmitted data is sent as PES header private data.

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