Terrestrial broadcast television services over a cellular broadcast system

A network element, comprising:

• a network access port configured to interface with a communications network;
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• a processor coupled to the network access port and configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising:
• parsing a terrestrial broadcast television service for one or more information elements, wherein parsing the terrestrial broadcast television service comprises identifying one or more transport signaling components and one or more application signaling components;
• configuring a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) user service description (USD) of a cellular broadcast system to include the one or more information elements of the terrestrial broadcast television service, wherein the configured user service description comprises an application service description (ASD) metadata fragment that includes electronic program guide information that can be presented in an electronic program guide;
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• sending the configured user service description over the cellular broadcast system to a receiving device to enable the receiving device to present the electronic program guide information in an electronic program guide and to receive the terrestrial broadcast television service over the cellular broadcast system.

A network element, comprising:

• means for parsing a terrestrial broadcast television service for one or more information elements, wherein means for parsing the terrestrial broadcast television service comprises means for identifying one or more transport signaling components and one or more application signaling components;
• means for configuring a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) user service description (USD) of a cellular broadcast system to include the one or more information elements of the terrestrial broadcast television service, wherein the configured user service description comprises an application service description (ASD) metadata fragment that includes electronic program guide information that can be presented in an electronic program guide;
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• means for sending the configured user service description over the cellular broadcast system to a receiving device to enable the receiving device to present the electronic program guide information in an electronic program guide and to receive the terrestrial broadcast television service over the cellular broadcast system.

A non-transitory processor-readable medium having stored thereon processor-executable instructions configured to cause a processor of a network element to perform operations comprising:

• parsing a terrestrial broadcast television service for one or more information elements, wherein parsing the terrestrial broadcast television service comprises identifying one or more transport signaling components and one or more application signaling components;
• configuring a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) user service description (USD) of a cellular broadcast system to include the one or more information elements of the terrestrial broadcast television service, wherein the configured user service description comprises an application service description (ASD) metadata fragment that includes electronic program guide information that can be presented in an electronic program guide;
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• sending the configured user service description over the cellular broadcast system to a receiving device to enable the receiving device to present the electronic program guide information in an electronic program guide and to receive the terrestrial broadcast television service over the cellular broadcast system.