Method and apparatus for parental control of wireless broadcast content

1. A method, comprising:

simultaneously receiving a plurality of services at a terminal from a server;

detecting zapping from one or more of the received services;

determining whether the zapping includes termination of a password-protected service; and

sending, from the terminal to a smartcard, a trigger message if the zapping includes termination of the password-protected service, wherein the trigger message comprises a service identifier indicating the password-protected service.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the trigger message is sent to a smartcard.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the password-protected service is password-protected for parental control.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

requesting a password when the zapping includes zapping to the password-protected service, wherein the password-protected service is a pincode-protected service.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein an instance of each service is running on one or more applications and wherein a trigger message is sent if the zapping includes termination of all instances of the password-protected service.

6. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a smartcard, a trigger message from a terminal when a zapping includes termination of a password-protected service, wherein the trigger message comprises a service identifier indicating the password-protected service; and

causing a code to be requested upon detecting a zapping to the password-protected service.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the trigger message is received from a user terminal application.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the password-protected service is at least one of password-protected for parental control and pincode-protected service.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein an instance of each service is running on one or more application; and wherein a trigger message is received if the zapping includes termination of all instances of the password-protected service.

10. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory unit communicatively connected to the processor and including:

computer code configured to receive simultaneously a plurality of services from a server;

computer code configured to detect zapping from one or more of the received services;

computer code configured to determine whether the zapping includes termination of a password-protected service; and

computer code configured to send a trigger message to a smartcard if the zapping includes termination of the password-protected service, wherein the trigger message comprises a service identifier indicating the password-protected service.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein computer code configured to send a trigger message includes computer code to send a trigger message to a smartcard.

12. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the password-protected service is at least one of a password-protected for parental control and a pincode-protected service.

13. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the memory unit further includes:

computer code configured to request a password when the zapping includes zapping to the password-protected service.

14. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein an instance of each service is running on one or more applications; and wherein the computer code configured to send a trigger message includes computer code configured to send the trigger message if the zapping includes termination of all instances of the password-protected service.

15. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory unit communicatively connected to the processor and including:

computer code configured to receive a trigger message when a zapping includes termination of a password-protected service, wherein the trigger message is received from a user terminal application, and wherein the trigger message comprises a service identifier indicating the password-protected service; and

computer code configured to cause a password to be requested upon detecting a zapping to the password-protected service.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the password-protected service is at least one of a password-protected for parental control and a pincode-protected service.

17. A computer program product, embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising:

computer code configured to simultaneously receive a plurality of services at a terminal from a server;

computer code configured to detect zapping from one or more of the received services;

computer code configured to determine whether the zapping includes termination of a password-protected service; and

computer code configured to send a trigger message to a smartcard if the zapping includes termination of a password-protected service, wherein the trigger message comprises a service identifier indicating the password-protected service.

18. The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium further includes:

computer code configured to request a password when the zapping includes zapping to the password-protected service.

19. A computer program product, embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising:

computer code configured to receive a trigger message from a terminal when a zapping includes termination of a password-protected service, wherein the trigger message comprises a service identifier indicating the password-protected service; and

computer code configured to cause a password to be requested upon detecting a zapping to the password-protected service;

wherein the trigger message is received from a user terminal application.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the password-protected service is at least one of a password-protected for parental control and a pincode-protected service.