A broadcast program purchase method and apparatus for a broadcast-enabled
mobile device are provided for efficiently managing purchased tokens by
using a smartcard. In the broadcast program purchase method one or more
tokens are acquired for use in purchasing a pay broadcast program and the
one or more tokens are stored in a smartcard coupled to the mobile
device. The broadcast program purchase apparatus includes a radio
communication unit for transmitting a token acquisition request message
and a program purchase request message to a billing server and for
receiving one or more tokens from the billing server, a smartcard unit
for storing the one or more tokens received from the billing server, and
a control unit for controlling transmission of the program purchase
request message using at least one of the one or more tokens through the
radio communication unit.