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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011

Filed:

Nov. 24, 2009
Applicants:

Reuven Wachtfogel, Jerusalem, IL;

Jonathan Maissel, Jerusalem, IL;

Moshe Kranc, Jerusalem, IL;

David Richardson, Jerusalem, IL;

Ezra Darshan, Jerusalem, IL;

Ron Katz, Jerusalem, IL;

Yossi Tsuria, Jerusalem, IL;

Sam Michelson, Jerusalem, IL;

Mika Krause, Jerusalem, IL;

Steve Epstein, Jerusalem, IL;

Moshe Shlissel, Jerusalem, IL;

Doron Handelman, Jerusalem, IL;

Shlomo Kipnis, Jerusalem, IL;

Chaim Shen-orr, Jerusalem, IL;

Inventors:

Reuven Wachtfogel, Jerusalem, IL;

Jonathan Maissel, Jerusalem, IL;

Moshe Kranc, Jerusalem, IL;

David Richardson, Jerusalem, IL;

Ezra Darshan, Jerusalem, IL;

Ron Katz, Jerusalem, IL;

Yossi Tsuria, Jerusalem, IL;

Sam Michelson, Jerusalem, IL;

Mika Krause, Jerusalem, IL;

Steve Epstein, Jerusalem, IL;

Moshe Shlissel, Jerusalem, IL;

Doron Handelman, Jerusalem, IL;

Shlomo Kipnis, Jerusalem, IL;

Chaim Shen-Orr, Jerusalem, IL;

Assignee:

NDS Limited, Middlesex, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

This invention discloses a method for displaying advertisements transmitted to a user unit, the method includes receiving, at the user unit, at least one advertisement tagged with a delay tag indicating whether display of the at least one advertisement can be delayed and only if the delay tag allows delaying display of the at least one advertisement, storing the at least one advertisement at the user unit, retrieving the at least one advertisement and displaying the at least one advertisement. A billing system for reporting a commercial broadcast to a multiplicity of users is also disclosed.


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