Non-real time push services

1. A receiver configured to receive Non-Real Time push content, comprising in combination:

a radio frequency tuner configured to receive a radio frequency modulated channel containing a transport stream and demodulate the channel to produce an output transport stream;

the output transport stream containing an Internet Protocol stream of packets containing Non-Real Time push content, Non-Real Time service metadata and Non-Real Time content metadata;

an electronic storage medium;

a demultiplexer that demultiplexes the Internet Protocol stream of packets to produce:

Non-Real Time content that is stored in the electronic storage medium,

Non-Real Time service metadata, and

Non-Real Time content metadata; and

where the Non-Real Time content metadata includes a Non-Real Time push NRT_Service_Category.

2. The receiver according to claim 1 , where the Non-Real Time service metadata contains an indication whether or not a particular Non-Real Time service is subscription based.

3. The receiver according to claim 2 , where the indication of whether or not the particular Non-Real Time service is subscription based is within the delivered Non-Real Time service metadata.

4. The receiver according to claim 2 , where the indication of subscription-based content within the Non-Real Time service is received within a Service Map Table.

5. The receiver according to claim 1 , further comprising a Non-Real Time metadata parser that produces Non-Real Time service metadata and Non-Real Time content metadata.

6. A receiver that receives Non-Real Time push content, comprising in combination:

an Internet protocol receiver configured to receive a stream of Internet Protocol packets and selects an Internet Protocol subnet containing a packet stream selected as an output packet stream;

the output packet stream containing Non-Real Time push content, Non-Real Time service metadata and Non-Real Time content metadata;

an electronic storage medium;

a demultiplexer configured to demultiplex the Internet Protocol packet stream to produce:

Non-Real Time push content that is stored in the electronic storage medium,

Non-Real Time service metadata, and

Non-Real Time content metadata; and

where the Non-Real Time content metadata includes a Non-Real Time push NRT_Service_Category.

7. The receiver according to claim 6 , where the Non-Real Time service metadata contains an indication whether or not a particular Non-Real Time service is subscription based.

8. The receiver according to claim 7 , where the indication that the particular Non-Real Time service is or is not subscription-based is delivered as Non-Real Time service metadata.

9. The receiver according to claim 7 , where the indication that the particular Non-Real Time service is or is not subscription-based is received within a Service Map Table.

10. The receiver according to claim 6 , further comprising a Non-Real Time metadata parser that produces Non-Real Time service metadata and Non-Real Time content metadata.

11. A receiver configured to receive Non-Real Time push content, comprising in combination:

a receiver device configured to receive a signal and produces an output transport stream, the output transport stream containing an Internet Protocol stream of packets containing Non-Real Time push content, a file description table, Non-Real Time service and Non-Real Time content metadata;

an electronic storage medium;

a demultiplexer configured to demultiplex the Internet Protocol stream of packets to produce:

Non-Real Time content that is stored in the electronic storage medium,

the File Description Table,

Non-Real Time service metadata, and

Non-Real Time content metadata; and

where the Non-Real Time content metadata includes a Non-Real Time push NRT_Service_Category.

12. The receiver according to claim 11 , where the File Description Table comprises a FLUTE file description table.

13. The receiver according to claim 11 , further comprising a File Description Table parser configured to parse the File Description Table to produce Non-Real Time file metadata from the File Description Table.

14. The receiver according to claim 11 , further comprising a Non-Real Time metadata parser configured to produce Non-Real Time service metadata; Non-Real Time content description text and Non-Real Time content metadata.

15. The receiver according to claim 11 , where the Non-Real Time content metadata is received within a Non-Real Time information table.

16. The receiver according to claim 11 , where the Non-Real Time service metadata contains an indication of whether or not a particular Non-Real Time service is subscription based.

17. A method for receiving Non-Real Time push content, comprising:

receiving a transport stream containing an Internet Protocol stream of packets containing Non-Real Time content, Non-Real Time service metadata and Non-Real Time content metadata;

demultiplexing the Internet Protocol stream of packets to produce:

Non-Real Time content,

Non-Real Time service metadata, and

Non-Real Time content metadata; and

where the Non-Real Time content metadata includes a Non-Real Time push NRT_Service_Category.

18. The method according to claim 17 , further comprising parsing the Non-Real Time metadata to produce Non-Real Time service metadata and Non-Real Time content metadata.

19. The method according to claim 17 , where the service metadata contains an indication whether or not a particular Non-Real Time service is subscription based.

20. The method according to claim 17 , where the Non-Real Time service metadata contains an indication of whether or not a particular Non-Real Time service is subscription-based.

21. The method according to claim 17 , further comprising storing the Non-Real Time content to an electronic storage medium.

22. The method according to claim 17 , where a Service Map Table contains an indication of whether or not a particular Non-Real Time service is subscription-based.