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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:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2006
Scott C. Forbes, Redmond, WA (US);
Linda Criddle, Kirkland, WA (US);
David Milstein, Redmond, WA (US);
Lon-chan Chu, Redmond, WA (US);
Kuansan Wang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Michael D. Malueg, Redmond, WA (US);
Scott C. Forbes, Redmond, WA (US);
Linda Criddle, Kirkland, WA (US);
David Milstein, Redmond, WA (US);
Lon-Chan Chu, Redmond, WA (US);
Kuansan Wang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Michael D. Malueg, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method and system for broadcasting a message to selected devices. More specifically, the method and system identifies appropriate VoIP devices of a recipient client suitable for a broadcast message and transmits the broadcast message to the identified appropriate VoIP devices over a digital communication channel. The appropriate VoIP devices are selected in accordance with various constraints of broadcasting such as recipient client's preference, functionality and capability of the recipient VoIP device, broadcaster's bandwidth, a set of broadcasting rules, or the like. In order to identify appropriate VoIP devices or a recipient client, the information relating to the recipient client and VoIP devices may be exchanged using the digital communication channel.