FIELD: technology for providing audio and visual services.
SUBSTANCE: in accordance to invention, signal has structure for transferring index with encoded multi-component key for determining position of component key of meta-data index of digital content, transported on basis of independent data unit, containing key index list section (index list), including multi-component key data, used in search for component key of index, while the data of multi-component key is encoded by single code value.
EFFECT: possible transfer of data stream structure with encoded multi-component key, useable for determining position of component keys of meta-data index of digital content.
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