Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing multimedia information services over a communication network
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1. A method of providing a multimedia information service over a wireless communications network, the method comprising:
- receiving an information service request from at least one of a plurality of subscriber mobile devices associated with a subscription to the information service;
determining a network access point address currently associated with the at least one of the plurality of subscriber mobile devices based on the information service request;
determining network conditions at the determined network access point address;
identifying a subscriber subgroup associated with the at least one of the plurality of subscriber mobile devices responsive to receiving the information service request;
determining content associated with the information service based on the identified subscriber subgroup;
formatting the content associated with the information service based on the determined network conditions to provide subscriber content configured to be used by the plurality of subscriber mobile devices including subscriber subgroup content configured to be decoded by ones of the plurality of subscriber mobile devices associated with the subscriber subgroup; and
broadcasting the subscriber content from a transmitter at the determined network access point address to the at least one of the plurality of subscriber mobile devices over the wireless communications network.
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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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1. A method of providing a multimedia information service over a wireless communications network, the method comprising:
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receiving an information service request from at least one of a plurality of subscriber mobile devices associated with a subscription to the information service; determining a network access point address currently associated with the at least one of the plurality of subscriber mobile devices based on the information service request; determining network conditions at the determined network access point address; identifying a subscriber subgroup associated with the at least one of the plurality of subscriber mobile devices responsive to receiving the information service request; determining content associated with the information service based on the identified subscriber subgroup; formatting the content associated with the information service based on the determined network conditions to provide subscriber content configured to be used by the plurality of subscriber mobile devices including subscriber subgroup content configured to be decoded by ones of the plurality of subscriber mobile devices associated with the subscriber subgroup; and broadcasting the subscriber content from a transmitter at the determined network access point address to the at least one of the plurality of subscriber mobile devices over the wireless communications network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for providing a multimedia information service over a wireless communications network, comprising:
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a subscriber database including device type and capability information for a plurality of subscriber mobile devices, and further including subgroup information associated with ones of the plurality of subscriber mobile devices; a limited broadcast application server configured to; determine at least one of a device type and capabilities for at least one of the plurality of subscriber mobile devices using the subscriber database, identify a subscriber subgroup associated with the at least one of the plurality of subscriber mobile devices using the subscriber database, determine content associated with the information service based on the identified subscriber subgroup, determine a network access point address currently associated with the at least one of the plurality of subscriber mobile devices, determine network conditions at the determined network access point address, format the content associated with the information service based on the determined network conditions and at least one of the determined device type and capabilities to provide subscriber content that is configured to be received by the plurality of subscriber mobile devices that are associated with a subscription to the information service including subscriber subgroup content that is configured to be decoded by ones of the plurality of subscriber mobile devices associated with the subscriber subgroup, and provide the subscriber content to the determined network access point address; and a transmitter configured to broadcast the subscriber content from the determined network access point address to the at least one of the plurality of subscriber mobile devices over the wireless communications network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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