Patent ID: 8320819
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: causing, at least in part, reception, via a broadcasting network, of a plurality of sets of electronic service guide data at a subscriber terminal, each set of the electronic service guide data corresponding to a program or service and including at least one first parameter in metadata of the service guide data for identifying a mobile television operator, each mobile television operator offering a plurality of programs or services based upon authorization by the mobile television operator to one or more subscriber terminals and via a mobile infrastructure of the mobile television operator; causing, at least in part, reception from a memory connected to the subscriber terminal a plurality of second parameters each identifying a corresponding mobile television operator; comparing the at least one first parameter to the second parameters at the subscriber terminal per program or per service; and identifying the mobile television operator based on the comparison, wherein each set of electronic service guide (ESG) data comprises filtering information including filtering at least a program or service associated with the service guide data by the identifier thereby displaying or preventing display of the program or service per mobile television operator.