Temporal Slice Persistence Method and Apparatus for Delivery of Interactive Program Guide

An apparatus, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• memory storing machine executable instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to perform operations, said operations including:
• receiving a selection of a program guide page, said program guide page including intracoded slices and predictively coded slices, said intracoded and predictively coded slices being received in different bitstreams;
• extracting packets from the different bitstreams;
• and
• coupling payload portions of the extracted packets to a decoder in a recombined video stream of the program guide page.

A memory storing machine executable instructions that when executed by a processor, cause an apparatus to perform operations, said operations including:

• receiving a selection of a program guide page, said program guide page including intracoded slices and predictively coded slices, said intracoded and predictively coded slices being received in different bitstreams;
• extracting packets from the different bitstreams;
• and
• coupling payload portions of the extracted packets to a decoder in a recombined video stream of the program guide page.

A system, comprising:

• a terminal including a processor and memory storing machine executable instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the terminal to perform operations, said operations including:
• receiving a selection of a program guide page, said program guide page including intracoded slices and predictively coded slices, said intracoded and predictively coded slices being received in different bitstreams;
• extracting packets from the different bitstreams;
• and
• coupling payload portions of the extracted packets to a decoder in a recombined video stream of the program guide page;
• and
• a delivery apparatus including:
• a multiplexer configured to combine the different bitstreams into one or more transport streams, and
• a modulator configured to transmit the one or more transport streams to the terminal.