Method and apparatus for providing content to users using unicast and broadcast wireless networks
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1. A method for providing content to a user terminal, comprising:
- identifying a request for content, wherein the request for content is associated with the user terminal, wherein the requested content comprises at least one of audio content and video content;
obtaining a network selection parameter for the content request, the network selection parameter comprising a service subscription level associated with a user of the user terminal;
selecting, using the network selection parameter, a wireless network over which to propagate the requested content, wherein selecting the wireless network comprises selecting whether to propagate the requested content via a unicast wireless network or a broadcast wireless network, the unicast wireless network being selected when the service subscription level for the user is a first subscription level, and the broadcast wireless network being selected when the service subscription level for the user is a second subscription level; and
propagating the requested content toward the user terminal using the selected wireless network.
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Abstract
The invention includes a method and apparatus for providing content to user terminals. A method includes identifying a request for content from a user terminal, obtaining a network selection parameter for the content request, selecting, using the network selection parameter, a wireless network over which to propagate the requested content, and propagating the requested content toward the user terminal using the selected wireless network. The selected wireless network may be a unicast wireless network or a broadcast wireless network.
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1. A method for providing content to a user terminal, comprising:
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identifying a request for content, wherein the request for content is associated with the user terminal, wherein the requested content comprises at least one of audio content and video content; obtaining a network selection parameter for the content request, the network selection parameter comprising a service subscription level associated with a user of the user terminal; selecting, using the network selection parameter, a wireless network over which to propagate the requested content, wherein selecting the wireless network comprises selecting whether to propagate the requested content via a unicast wireless network or a broadcast wireless network, the unicast wireless network being selected when the service subscription level for the user is a first subscription level, and the broadcast wireless network being selected when the service subscription level for the user is a second subscription level; and propagating the requested content toward the user terminal using the selected wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus for providing content to a user terminal, comprising:
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means for identifying a request for content, wherein the request for content is associated with the user terminal, wherein the requested content comprises at least one of audio content and video content; means for obtaining a network selection parameter for the content request wherein the network selection parameter comprises a service subscription level associated with a user of the user terminal; means for selecting, using the network selection parameter, a wireless network over which to propagate the requested content, wherein selecting the wireless network comprises selecting whether to propagate the requested content via a unicast wireless network or a broadcast wireless network, the unicast wireless network being selected when the service subscription level for the user is a first subscription level, and the broadcast wireless network being selected when the service subscription level for the user is a second subscription level; and means for propagating the requested content toward the user terminal using the selected wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a software program, that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method for providing content to a user terminal, the method comprising:
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identifying a request for content, wherein the request for content is associated with the user terminal, wherein the requested content comprises at least one of audio content and video content; obtaining a network selection parameter for the content request, the network selection parameter comprising a service subscription level associated with a user of the user terminal; selecting, using the network selection parameter, a wireless network over which to propagate the requested content, wherein selecting the wireless network comprises selecting whether to propagate the requested content via a unicast wireless network or a broadcast wireless network, the unicast wireless network being selected when the service subscription level for the user is a first subscription level, and the broadcast wireless network being selected when the service subscription level for the user is a second subscription level; and propagating the requested content toward the user terminal using the selected wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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