Patent ID: 8793719
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: H04H

Abstract:
1. A terminal having a broadcast control function, the terminal comprising: a first identity device attached to a portion of the terminal; a memory for storing a first broadcast viewing level obtained from the first identity device and first identification information associated with the first identity device; and a controller for setting a terminal broadcast viewing level of the terminal according to a second broadcast viewing level obtained from a second identity device when the second identity device replaces the first identity device, wherein the terminal broadcast viewing level was previously set according to the first broadcast viewing level, and wherein when replacing the second identity device with the first identity device the controller confirms an identity of the first identity device when the identification information of the first identity device matches the first identification information stored in the memory and prompts a user for a password when the first identity device is confirmed and maintains the second broadcast viewing level when a password input by the user matches a password set in the first identity device and the controller sets the terminal broadcast viewing level to the first broadcast viewing level when the password input by the user does not match the password set in the first identity device.