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US9143737B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. · US

Inventors

Padmakumar Rajan · Chennai, IN
Armando P. Stettner · Woodinville, US
Michael P. Ruffini · Methuen, US
Harpal S. Bassali · San Francisco, US
Dongchen Wang · Concord, US
Arjun Baskaran · Chennai, IN
Mariappan Chellam · Chennai, IN
Akhil Malhotra · Bengaluru, IN
Harshi Agrawal · Secunderabad, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 4, 2011
Grant date	Sep 22, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 15, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N21/6405
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device may include a communication interface configured to receive programming information and index data associated with the programming information from a service provider multicast over a plurality of channels. The device may also include logic configured to request address information from the service provider, receive the address information, wherein the address information includes a first multicast address, and join a first multicast group corresponding to the first multicast address, wherein the first multicast group is associated with the index data. The logic may also be configured to receive, via the communication interface, the index data, identify a second multicast address associated with at least some of the programming information, join a second multicast group corresponding to the second multicast address, and receive, via the communication interface, at least some of the programming information.

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