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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2011
Jiani Zhang, Shenzhen, CN;
Huibin LI, Shenzhen, CN;
Jiani Zhang, Shenzhen, CN;
Huibin Li, Shenzhen, CN;
ZTE Corporation, Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
The present document provides a method and apparatus for controlling digital living network alliance contents. One Media Access Control (MAC) recording unit is extended at the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) device side for recording which MAC addresses are permitted to access or use the service of the DLNA device or prohibited from accessing or using the service of the DLNA device; one service control program is extended at the DLNA device side, and when there is another DLNA device transmitting a request to the DLNA device, the MAC address of the DLNA device is compared with the MAC address recorded by the MAC recording unit; and if the MAC address of the DLNA device is in the permission list or the MAC address of the DLNA device is not in the prohibition list, then the request will be permitted; otherwise the request will be rejected.