System and method for synchronizing video indexing between audio/video signal and data

A system for synchronizing video indexing between an audio/video signal and data for a broadcast program, comprising:

• a contents production and synchronization unit which produces live broadcast program to be broadcasted and extendible markup language (XML) TAG information of the broadcast program;
• and
• a data transmission unit which combines the XML TAG information from the contents production and synchronization unit with the produced broadcast program, and transmits the combined data as a moving picture expert group (MPEG) transport stream to a broadcasting network,
• wherein the contents production and synchronization unit comprises:
• a stream unit which detects group of pictures (GOP) positions of an MPEG stream to be broadcasted on a television;
• a shot/scene unit which sets and marks an XML TAG in the corresponding GOP positions detected by the stream unit;
• an XML unit which synchronizes the marked XML TAG with the MPEG stream to be broadcasted;
• and
• a generation unit which generates and outputs the XML TAG information based upon the result from the XML unit.

A receiving system in a system for synchronizing video indexing between an audio/video signal and data for a broadcast program, comprising:

• a simultaneous record/playback unit which simultaneously records and playbacks a broadcast program received from a broadcasting network;
• a storage unit which stores the broadcast program to be recorded in the simultaneous record/playback unit;
• an extendable markup language (XML) parser unit which analyzes an XML file in the broadcast program stored in the storage unit;
• a media control unit which synchronizes an object file in the broadcast program stored in the storage unit and controls an operation of a video cartridge recorder, where the object file is a combination of a moving picture expert group (MPEG) file and the XML file;
• a synchronization decomposition unit which searches for synchronized positions of specified section of the broadcast program based on the outputs from the XML parser unit and the media control unit;
• and
• a metadata index unit which systematically stores information output from the synchronization decomposition unit.

A method for synchronizing video indexing between an audio/video (A/V) signal and data for a broadcast program, comprising:

• producing, at a contents production and synchronization (P/S) unit, live broadcast program to be broadcasted and extendible markup language (XML) TAG information for the live broadcast program;
• and
• combining, at a data transmission unit, the XML TAG information with the produced broadcast program, and transmitting the combined data in a form of a moving picture expert group (MPEG) transport stream to a broadcasting network,
• wherein the contents P/S unit includes:
• a stream unit for detecting group of pictures (GOP) positions of an MPEG stream to be broadcasted on a television,
• a shot/scene unit which sets and marks an XML TAG in the corresponding GOP positions detected by the stream unit,
• an XML unit which synchronizes the marked XML TAG with the MPEG stream to be broadcasted, and
• a generation unit which generates and outputs the XML TAG information based upon the result from the XML unit.