Business watching method and system for Internet protocol television

[0036] figure 1 is a flow chart of the method embodiment 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, and figure 2 is a sequence diagram of a possible implementation manner of the method embodiment 1 according to the present invention. Combine the following figure 1 with figure 2 , specifically explaining the method for playing the contract service content of the first Internet TV terminal ITF1 on the second Internet TV terminal IPTV terminal function 2 (IPTV Terminal Function, hereinafter referred to as ITF), wherein the first and second Internet TV terminals ITF1 and ITF2 are all IPTV subscription terminals, they can be subscription terminals of different users, and the content of the services they subscribe to can be different.

[0037] In the method of Embodiment 1, at S110, the network side receives a request message requesting to play the service content subscribed by the first ITF1 terminal ITF2 on the second ITF2 terminal ITF2. At S120, the network side a

[0077] Figure 4 is a flow chart according to the second embodiment of the method of the present invention, and Figure 5 is a sequence diagram of a possible implementation manner according to the second method embodiment of the present invention. Combine the following Figure 4 with Figure 5 and also refer to figure 1 To 3 specifically illustrate the method of Embodiment 2 of the present invention. The difference between the second embodiment and the first embodiment is that the IPTV service file of the ITF1 is obtained for the selected specific content, and the specific content is played on the ITF2. The specific content is indicated by the content identifier Content id.

[0078] The process of the second embodiment is basically similar to that of the first embodiment, including: at S410, receiving a request to play the specific service content indicated by the content id signed by the first Internet TV terminal ITF1 on the second Internet TV terminal ITF2 request messag

[0101] Image 6 is the flowchart of the third embodiment of the method according to the present invention, and Figure 7is a sequence diagram of a possible implementation manner according to the third embodiment of the method of the present invention. Embodiment 3 can realize that ITF2 locally obtains the IPTV service profile information set by ITF1 users, and saves it locally, and ITF2 performs operations locally, obtains and plays service content, and updates and maintains the IPTV service profile of ITF1. The following combination Image 6 with Figure 7 and also refer to figure 1 To 3 specifically illustrate the method of Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

[0102] Such as Image 6 As mentioned above, the method of Embodiment 3 includes: at S610, the network side receives a request message requesting to play the contract service content of the first Internet TV terminal ITF1 on the second Internet TV terminal ITF2; IPTV service profile and the identification of the