Dissemination of video files to mobile computing devices over a communications network
US9258580B1 · kind B1 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 28, 2015 |
| Grant date | Feb 9, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 28, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W4/18
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A server for disseminating a video file to mobile subscriber over a mobile communications network is disclosed. The server comprises a processor programmed for storing a record for each mobile subscriber, defining a criteria for selecting mobile subscribers for videos, wherein said criteria is based on data from a record for a mobile subscriber, selecting a group of mobile subscribers by identifying the records that match said criteria, generating, for each mobile subscriber of the group, a video message in a format that corresponds to the operating system indicator and the video format indicator for said mobile subscriber, and transmitting a video message to the mobile phone number in the record, wherein the video message is transmitted according to the method of access indicator for said mobile subscriber.
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