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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. 28, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2006
Applicants:
Wenge Chen, Austin, TX (US);
Eric Puetz, Georgetown, TX (US);
Guangtian Liu, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Yetik Serbest, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Wenge Chen, Austin, TX (US);
Eric Puetz, Georgetown, TX (US);
Guangtian Liu, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Yetik Serbest, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 7/025 (2006.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for delivering targeted advertisement data to opt-in subscribers in an internet protocol television (IPTV) system is disclosed, the system comprising selecting an advertising target group of opt-in IPTV subscribers based on an advertiser's advertising target request; and multicasting an advertisement from an IPTV advertising server to the advertising target group. A system for performing the method is disclosed.