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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2008
Armando Paul Stettner, Westford, MA (US);
Marcelo D. Lechner, Burlington, MA (US);
Michael Patrick Ruffini, Methuen, MA (US);
Harpal Singh Bassali, Burlington, MA (US);
Armando Paul Stettner, Westford, MA (US);
Marcelo D. Lechner, Burlington, MA (US);
Michael Patrick Ruffini, Methuen, MA (US);
Harpal Singh Bassali, Burlington, MA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
Systems, apparatus, methods and computer readable mediums for efficient and unconstrained information distribution and IP multicasting are provided. An exemplary method may include receiving, from a set top box, information indicative of criteria associated with targeted advertisement; and determining, at a set top box, whether the criteria corresponds to a characteristic of a household at which the criteria is received. The method may also include joining, from a set top box, a multicast group associated with the criteria in the event the criteria is determined to correspond to the characteristic of the household at which the criteria is received. The method may also include receiving, via multicast, at a set top box, the targeted advertisement associated with the criteria; and displaying, at a video display device, the targeted advertisement. The exemplary method may allow efficient and unconstrained information distribution leading to improved application quality and performance.