US 8,805,443 B2 · Method and apparatus for playing china mobile multimedia broadcasting services

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for playing the China mobile multimedia broadcasting services. The method comprises the following steps: judging by a data card whether a current subscriber has passed authentication; transmitting by the data card China mobile multimedia broadcasting data to a terminal device according to the judgment result; and playing by the terminal device the China mobile multimedia broadcasting data. The present invention further provides an apparatus for playing the China mobile multimedia broadcasting services, wherein the apparatus for playing the China mobile multimedia broadcasting services comprises: an authentication judging unit; a transmitting unit; and a playing unit. The present invention overcomes the problem that the method for playing the China mobile multimedia broadcasting services in relevant art can only play the clear China mobile multimedia broadcasting program streams without authentication thus limiting the control to the subscriber authority by the providers, and thus achieving the authority control of the providers to subscribers to demand China mobile multimedia broadcasting programs.

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Dependent claims

A method for playing mobile multimedia broadcasting services, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

judging, by a data card, whether a current subscriber has passed authentication;
the data card transmitting mobile multimedia broadcasting data to a terminal device according to the judgment result;
and
the terminal device playing the mobile multimedia broadcasting data;
wherein the step of the data card transmitting the mobile multimedia broadcasting data to the terminal device comprises:
the data card responding to a first updating request towards a program service guide initiated by the terminal device and an open request towards an order relationship table initiated by the terminal device;
a subscriber selecting a program channel;
the data card responding to a second updating request towards program order information initiated by the terminal device and a verification request towards the service key validity of the program channel initiated by the terminal device;
and
the data card transmitting the mobile multimedia broadcasting data to the terminal device according to the open request, the second updating request and the verification request.

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An apparatus for playing the mobile multimedia broadcasting services, the apparatus comprises:

an authentication judging unit, configured to judge whether a current subscriber has passed authentication;
a transmitting unit, configured to transmit mobile multimedia broadcasting data according the judgment result;
and
a playing unit, configured to play the mobile multimedia broadcasting data;
wherein the transmitting unit further comprises:
an open module, configured to open an order relationship table;
an order module, configured to order a program;
a verifying module, configured to verify the validity of a service key;
and
a descrambling and decrypting module, configured to descramble and decrypt a scrambled and encrypted program in the mobile multimedia broadcasting coding stream.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and apparatus for playing china mobile multimedia broadcasting services

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