Patent ID: 8825827

Claim:
A method for acquiring a real name registration status, comprising the following steps performed by a terminal: sending to a network a real name request message for requesting from the network real name status information, which indicates whether the terminal has performed a real name registration; receiving the real name status information which is returned by the network in response to the real name request message; displaying the real name status information; and limiting the terminal's use of services according to a saved service control policy, in the case that the real name status information indicates that the terminal has not performed the real name registration, wherein the method further comprises: before limiting the terminal's use of services in the case that the real name status information indicates that the terminal has not performed the real name registration, sending a service control policy request message to the network, in the case that the terminal determines that the service control policy is not saved thereon or a smart card in the terminal is changed, wherein the service control policy request message is used to request the service control policy.