Method and apparatus for providing content to users using unicast and broadcast wireless networks
US8068821B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 29, 2007 |
| Grant date | Nov 29, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 1, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W4/06
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention includes a method and apparatus for providing content to user terminals. A method includes identifying a request for content from a user terminal, obtaining a network selection parameter for the content request, selecting, using the network selection parameter, a wireless network over which to propagate the requested content, and propagating the requested content toward the user terminal using the selected wireless network. The selected wireless network may be a unicast wireless network or a broadcast wireless network.
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