Method and apparatus for blackout, retune and subscription enforcement in a cellular network multimedia distribution system

摘要

A method for blackout, retune and roaming enforcement in a cellular network multimedia distribution system. The method includes the steps of receiving a plurality of service regions in the cellular network multimedia distribution system; determining an affiliation of the client with one of the service regions in the plurality of service regions; and, processing a service region specific message based on the affiliation. An apparatus, as well as a computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the stored instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method are also disclosed.

主权项

1. A method for retune in a media broadcast system, the method comprising:
periodically determining at least one affiliation of a wireless client with one of a plurality of broadcast related service regions, wherein the determining comprises:
communicating with a transmitter from among a plurality of different transmitters to acquire a unique identification (ID) of the transmitter;determining if the transmitter is within an affiliated service region based on the unique ID of the transmitter, and receiving a message indicating a retune for devices affiliated with a specified service region, the message specifying substitute programming for blacked out programming based on the unique ID of the transmitter.