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Methods and apparatus for bandwidth efficient transmission of usage information from a pool of terminals in a data network

  • US 8,560,672 B2
  • Filed: 12/12/2008
  • Issued: 10/15/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for performing usage tracking, the method comprising:

  • generating usage tracking parameters for tracking events at terminals, wherein the generated usage tracking parameters enable each terminal to determine whether the terminal is targeted;

    generating reporting parameters that provide reporting criteria for determining when each of the tracked events is to be reported, the reporting criteria identifying a defined time period during which a targeted terminal is to upload tracking data, the reporting parameters identifying a threshold number of occurrences of a selected event that indicates when to commence or cease reporting of the selected event; and

    transmitting the usage tracking parameters and the reporting parameters to the terminals,wherein the terminals are configured to commence or cease reporting of the selected event based on the threshold number of occurrences.

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