Patent ID: 8064885
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: H04H

Abstract:
1. A method of sending a notification about Mobile Broadcast (BCAST) services in a BCAST system where contents of the BCAST services are received from a Content Creation (CC) entity and the BCAST services are provided to one terminal or a group of terminals through a Broadcast Distribution System (BDS) or an interaction network, comprising the steps of: receiving a notice of a notification event related to a BCAST service or a Service Guide (SG) in a BCAST Subscription Management (SM) entity for managing subscription information; generating a notification message about the notification event in the BCAST SM entity and sending the notification message from the BCAST SM entity to a BCAST Service Distribution/Adaptation (SD/A) entity for aggregating and delivering BCAST service data and generating an SG about the BCAST services; and sending the notification message from the BCAST SD/A entity to the terminal or the group of terminals on a broadcast channel of the BDS or on an interaction channel of the interaction network, further comprising: determining a transmission scheme for the notification message in the BCAST SD/A entity, wherein sending the notification message comprises sending the notification message from the BCAST SD/A entity to the terminal or the group of terminals on a broadcast channel of the BDS or on an interaction channel of the interaction network according to the determination.