Customized multicasting

A computer program product, the computer program product comprising one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising instructions to:

• receive a request to multicast a message, wherein the request includes the message and a restriction bundle;
• generate a distribution list for a first set of devices in a plurality of registered devices based, at least in part, on an overlap between a registered range of a device and a multicast range included in the restriction bundle;
• determine a first subset of devices from the first set of devices based, at least in part, on a set of registered property values associated with each device meeting the criteria of each restriction in the restriction bundle;
• and
• multicast the message to the first subset of devices.

A computer system comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• one or more computer readable storage media;
• computer program instructions;
• the computer program instructions being stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by the one or more computer processors;
• and
• the computer program instructions comprising instructions to:
• receive a request to multicast a message, wherein the request includes the message and a restriction bundle;
• generate a distribution list for a first set of devices in a plurality of registered devices based, at least in part, on an overlap between a registered range of a device and a multicast range included in the restriction bundle;
• determine a first subset of devices from the first set of devices based, at least in part, on a set of registered property values associated with each device meeting the criteria of each restriction in the restriction bundle;
• and
• multicast the message to the first subset of devices.