Method and system for advertisement insertion within an internet protocol television (IPTV) system
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1. A method for inserting advertising content in an internet protocol television (IPTV) system comprising:
- identifying at an IPTV travel server associated with a travel zone outside of a home zone, a traveling client device in the travel zone to receive home advertising associated with the home zone;
receiving the home advertising from the home server at the IPTV travel server associated with the travel zone; and
sending the home advertising from the travel server to the traveling client device.
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Abstract
A method and system are disclosed for inserting advertising and content in an internet protocol (IP) network, the method including accepting a request at an IP travel server associated with a travel zone from a traveling client device in the travel zone to receive home advertising content associated with a home zone and receiving the home advertising content from the home server at the IP travel server associated with the travel zone.
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1. A method for inserting advertising content in an internet protocol television (IPTV) system comprising:
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identifying at an IPTV travel server associated with a travel zone outside of a home zone, a traveling client device in the travel zone to receive home advertising associated with the home zone; receiving the home advertising from the home server at the IPTV travel server associated with the travel zone; and sending the home advertising from the travel server to the traveling client device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for receiving advertising in an internet protocol television (IPTV) system comprising:
receiving home advertising associated with a home zone at a traveling client device in a travel zone outside of the home zone from an IPTV travel server associated with the travel zone. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A system for inserting advertising content in an internet protocol (IP) network, the system comprising:
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a processor coupled to a memory; and a computer program in the memory, the computer program comprising instructions to identify at an IP travel server associated with a travel zone outside of a home zone, a traveling client device in the travel zone to receive home advertising associated with the home zone and instructions to receive the home advertising from the home server at the IP travel server associated with the travel zone and instructions to send the home advertising from the travel server to the traveling client device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for receiving advertising content in an internet protocol (IP) network system comprising:
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a processor coupled to memory; and a computer program in the memory comprising instructions to receive home advertising associated with a home zone at a traveling client device in a travel zone outside of the home zone from an IP travel server associated with the travel zone. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer readable medium contain a computer program for inserting advertising content in an internet protocol (IP) network, the computer program comprising:
instructions to identify at an IP travel server associated with a travel zone outside of a home zone, a traveling client device in the travel zone to receive home advertising associated with the home zone, instructions to receive the home advertising from the home server at the IP travel server associated with the travel zone and instructions to sending the home advertising from the travel server to the traveling client device.
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23. A computer readable medium containing a computer program for receiving advertising content in an internet protocol (IP) network, the computer program comprising:
instructions to receive home advertising associated with a home zone at a traveling client device in a travel zone outside of the home zone from an IP travel server associated with the travel zone, wherein the home advertising is inserted into content selected from the group consisting of home content and travel content.
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24. A data structure in memory, comprising:
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a client ID field for containing data indicating a client device identity; a home zone field for containing data indicating an advertising server for a home zone associated with the client device; and a travel zone field for containing data indicating a travel zone associated with the client device. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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