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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:
Jun. 28, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 28, 2014
Applicant:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Lalit R. Kotecha, San Ramon, CA (US);

William H. Stone, Doylestown, PA (US);

Assignee:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/2225 (2011.01); H04N 21/2381 (2011.01); H04N 21/438 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/647 (2011.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2225 (2013.01); H04L 65/1026 (2013.01); H04L 65/4084 (2013.01); H04N 7/20 (2013.01); H04N 21/2381 (2013.01); H04N 21/4381 (2013.01); H04N 21/44209 (2013.01); H04N 21/6131 (2013.01); H04N 21/6181 (2013.01); H04N 21/6193 (2013.01); H04N 21/64738 (2013.01); H04N 21/64769 (2013.01);
Abstract

A video on demand (VoD) network architecture implements a gateway that provides both satellite-based communications and radio frequency-based communications. The gateway may receive a content request from a video client and determine whether the content request corresponds to a content delivery network (CDN). When the content request corresponds to the CDN, the gateway may install a VoD access point name (APN) route designated for VoD traffic between the video client and the CDN, and communicate the content request to the CDN via the VoD APN route. The VoD APN route may include a VoD APN of a wireless wide area network (WWAN) connected to the gateway via an air interface. When the content request does not correspond to the CDN, the gateway may communicate the content request via an Internet APN route.


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