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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2005
Applicant:
Randy S. Ulvenes, Olathe, KS (US);
Inventor:
Randy S. Ulvenes, Olathe, KS (US);
Assignee:
Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04B 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method and system for managing transmission of media to a plurality of subscribers. As a general matter, a media management system determines that a more than a threshold number of subscribers scheduled to receive a given media transmission are located within a common zone (e.g., common wireless coverage area, common geographically-defined area, etc.), and the system responsively (i) divides the subscribers in the common zone into two or more groups and (ii) transmits the media to the groups sequentially. Preferably, the system waits a period of time between transmission to each group.