METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION SERVICES OVER A COMMUNICATION NETWORK
First Claim
1. A computer program product for providing a multimedia information service over a communications network, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code comprising:
- computer readable program code executable to determine a network access point address currently associated with one of a plurality of subscriber mobile devices, wherein each of the plurality of subscriber mobile devices is associated with a respective subscription to the information service;
computer readable program code executable to format content associated with the information service to provide subscriber content, wherein the subscriber content comprises same content for use by the plurality of subscriber mobile devices; and
computer readable program code executable to selectively broadcast the subscriber content from a transmitter associated with the determined network access point address, rather than from at least one other transmitter associated with a different network access point address, to the one of the plurality of subscriber mobile devices over a wireless network,wherein the broadcast subscriber content is formatted to be of limited use to devices that are not associated with respective subscriptions to the information service.
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Abstract
In a communications network, a network access point address is determined that is currently associated with at least one of a plurality of subscriber mobile devices associated with a subscription to an information service. Content associated with the information service is formatted to provide subscriber content that is configured to be used by the plurality of subscriber mobile devices. The subscriber content is broadcast from a transmitter at the determined network access point address to the at least one subscriber mobile device over a wireless network.
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16 Claims
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1. A computer program product for providing a multimedia information service over a communications network, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code comprising:
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computer readable program code executable to determine a network access point address currently associated with one of a plurality of subscriber mobile devices, wherein each of the plurality of subscriber mobile devices is associated with a respective subscription to the information service; computer readable program code executable to format content associated with the information service to provide subscriber content, wherein the subscriber content comprises same content for use by the plurality of subscriber mobile devices; and computer readable program code executable to selectively broadcast the subscriber content from a transmitter associated with the determined network access point address, rather than from at least one other transmitter associated with a different network access point address, to the one of the plurality of subscriber mobile devices over a wireless network, wherein the broadcast subscriber content is formatted to be of limited use to devices that are not associated with respective subscriptions to the information service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for providing a multimedia information service over a communications network, comprising:
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a limited broadcast application server configured to format content associated with the information service to provide subscriber content for use by a plurality of subscriber mobile devices that are associated with a subscription to the information service, determine a network access point address currently associated with one of the plurality of subscriber mobile devices, and provide the subscriber content to the determined network access point address, wherein the subscriber content is of limited use to devices that are not associated with the subscription to the information service, wherein the limited broadcast application server is configured to selectively broadcast the subscriber content from one of a plurality of transmitters, rather than from at least one other of the plurality of transmitters, to the one of the plurality of subscriber mobile devices over a wireless network, wherein the one of the plurality of transmitters is associated with the determined network access point address, and wherein the at least one other of the plurality of transmitters is associated with a network access point address different than the determined network access point address. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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