Patent ID: 9154822
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for sharing Internet protocol television (IPTV) content, the method comprising: receiving, by a content sharing application server, a first message sent by a first terminal, wherein the first message comprises a third terminal identifier and wherein the first message is used for an instruction of providing a third terminal, which corresponds to the third terminal identifier, with IPTV content that is being played by a second terminal; obtaining, by the content sharing application server, identification information of the IPTV content that is being played by the second terminal, wherein the identification information comprises a content identifier, a channel identifier, or a multicast address; and providing, by the content sharing application server and according to the identification information, the third terminal with the IPTV content that is being played by the second terminal; wherein providing, by the content sharing application server and according to the identification information, the third terminal with the IPTV content that is being played by the second terminal comprises: wherein the first message further comprises the identification information of the IPTV content that is being played by the second terminal and wherein the identification information of the IPTV content that is being played by the second terminal is obtained from an IPTV control server by the first terminal through querying or subscription, obtaining, by the content sharing application server, from the first message, the identification information of the IPTV content that is being played by the second terminal, and then sending a thirteenth message that comprises the identification information of the IPTV content that is being played by the second terminal to an IP multimedia system gateway of the third terminal, so that the IP multimedia system gateway sends a fourteenth message to an open IPTV terminal function, wherein the fourteenth message carries the identification information, and the open IPTV terminal function obtains, according to the identification information, the IPTV content that is being played by the second terminal; or wherein the first message further comprises the identification information of the IPTV content that is being played by the second terminal and wherein the identification information of the IPTV content that is being played by the second terminal is obtained from an IPTV control server by the first terminal through querying or subscription, after the content sharing application server obtains, from the first message, the identification information of the IPTV content that is being played by the second terminal, obtaining, by the content sharing application server and according to the identification information, the IPTV content that is being played by the second terminal; and sending, by the content sharing application server, a fifteenth message to an IP multimedia system gateway of the third terminal, so that the IP multimedia system gateway sends a sixteenth message to an open IPTV terminal function, and after receiving the sixteenth message, the open IPTV terminal function obtains, from the content sharing application server, the IPTV content that is being played by the second terminal.