The present application is applied to the field of communication technology, and provides a method and system for realizing seamless connection of streaming media data in a smart home. The method includes: caching, by a streaming media server, streaming media data between a current frame and a latest streaming media data frame in a streaming media file, the latest streaming media data frame is a streaming media data frame last received from a network, and the current frame is a first streaming media data frame corresponding to a current play progress when a first client plays the streaming media file; transmitting, by the streaming media server, streaming media data starting from the current frame to a second client requesting the streaming media file; transmitting, by the second client, a second streaming media data frame corresponding to a current play progress when playing the streaming media file to the streaming media server. In the present disclosure, when two mutually isolated terminals play the streaming media data, one terminal may resume contents of another terminal and fast seamless switch is achieved, thereby making the streaming media data be more easily transferred between different smart terminals.

The present disclosure discloses an MBMS service reception and capability transmission method and device. In this method, the terminal device may send the information of the MBMS service of interest of the terminal device or the information of the MBMS service, which is being received, to the network device and the MBMS service reception capability information of the terminal device via a message. If an MBMS frequency point corresponding to the MBMS service of interest of the terminal device or the MBMS frequency point corresponding to the MBMS service, which is being received, is within a reception capability scope of the terminal device in a current configuration, the message reported by the terminal device to the network device includes: the MBMS frequency point.

The present disclosure discloses an MBMS service reception and capability transmission method and device. In this method, the terminal device may send the information of the MBMS service of interest of the terminal device or the information of the MBMS service, which is being received, to the network device and the MBMS service reception capability information of the terminal device via a message. If an MBMS frequency point corresponding to the MBMS service of interest of the terminal device or the MBMS frequency point corresponding to the MBMS service, which is being received, is within a reception capability scope of the terminal device in a current configuration, the message reported by the terminal device to the network device includes: the MBMS frequency point.

The present disclosure relates to a multicast security control method and device based on DNS. The method includes: transmitting a DNS request message to a domain name server to acquire a multicast source DNS address list of an IPTV server; conducting address verification on a multicast data message according to the multicast source DNS address list and a locally maintained multicast address list after the multicast data message issued by the IPTV server is received; and conducting forwarding control on the multicast data message according to a verification result.

In an example implementation of the disclosed invention, a system is provided by which a reality program viewer can participate alongside, or in place of, a lead investor in a business venture presented as part of a broadcast reality program. In some embodiments, information associated with one or more business ventures being presented in an episode of a reality program is provided to viewers of the program, and a viewer may elect to participate in the business venture alongside a lead inventor, for example, by donating funds toward the capital needs of the business venture, by investing in the business venture, by committing to purchase a product or service of the business venture, or the like. In some embodiments, information, such as specifics of the business venture, investment terms, investment and/or customer commitments, or the like, may be updated in real-time, or near real-time, and presented to the viewers, for example, via a dashboard providing various statistics of the business venture being currently presented. Accordingly, embodiments of the disclosed invention provide interactive opportunities for viewers to become supporters of a business venture.

In an example implementation of the disclosed invention, a system is provided by which a reality program viewer can participate alongside, or in place of, a lead investor in a business venture presented as part of a broadcast reality program. In some embodiments, information associated with one or more business ventures being presented in an episode of a reality program is provided to viewers of the program, and a viewer may elect to participate in the business venture alongside a lead inventor, for example, by donating funds toward the capital needs of the business venture, by investing in the business venture, by committing to purchase a product or service of the business venture, or the like. In some embodiments, information, such as specifics of the business venture, investment terms, investment and/or customer commitments, or the like, may be updated in real-time, or near real-time, and presented to the viewers, for example, via a dashboard providing various statistics of the business venture being currently presented. Accordingly, embodiments of the disclosed invention provide interactive opportunities for viewers to become supporters of a business venture.

An apparatus, e.g. a wireless media access point, includes a transceiver, a non-transitory storage medium, and a processor operably coupled to the transceiver and the storage medium. The processor is configured by instructions stored on the storage medium to transmit a first multicast channel associated with a first group temporal key (GTK), and to simultaneously transmit a second multicast channel associated with a second GTK.

An apparatus, e.g. a wireless media access point, includes a transceiver, a non-transitory storage medium, and a processor operably coupled to the transceiver and the storage medium. The processor is configured by instructions stored on the storage medium to transmit a first multicast channel associated with a first group temporal key (GTK), and to simultaneously transmit a second multicast channel associated with a second GTK.

A system and method for providing guaranteed channels in a switched digital video network using multicast adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming. In one implementation, when a request for a guaranteed channel is received from a subscriber station (e.g., a set-top box or STB), a determination may be made as to which edge QAM device the requested channel is assigned to. A bandwidth pipe modeling may be performed for the assigned edge QAM to determine an optimal bitrate of a particular MABR stream that may be packed into the edge QAM's bandwidth pipe. Thereafter, the particular MABR stream may be joined to facilitate streaming of the requested channel via the QAM serving the subscriber station.

A system and method for providing guaranteed channels in a switched digital video network using multicast adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming. In one implementation, when a request for a guaranteed channel is received from a subscriber station (e.g., a set-top box or STB), a determination may be made as to which edge QAM device the requested channel is assigned to. A bandwidth pipe modeling may be performed for the assigned edge QAM to determine an optimal bitrate of a particular MABR stream that may be packed into the edge QAM's bandwidth pipe. Thereafter, the particular MABR stream may be joined to facilitate streaming of the requested channel via the QAM serving the subscriber station.