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AssigneeDISH Network L.L.C.
InventorMichael J. Cavanaugh
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Embodiments are related to faster provisioning of targeted advertisements at a set-top box (STB) via an Internet Protocol (IP) connection between the STB and a remote server. The disclosed IP-based advertisement distribution system enables targeted advertisements to be pulled from the remote server efficiently, causing the advertisements to be made available within a short time frame (e.g., less than one day from the time when the advertisements are available). The disclosed methods enables a STB to determine whether to retain existing targeted advertisements, discard them, or provision newly-available advertisements. The targeted advertisements can depend on various factors such as demographic information of an owner of the STB, lifestyle information of the owner of the STB, etc.
A method of facilitating faster provisioning of targeted advertisements at a set- top box (STB) via an Internet Protocol (IP) connection between the STB and a remote server, wherein the STB is configured to have a satellite connection, the method comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions configured for facilitating faster provisioning of targeted advertisements at a set-top box (STB) via an Internet Protocol (IP) connection between the STB and a remote server, wherein the STB is configured to have a satellite connection, to perform a method comprising:
A set-top box (STB) apparatus for facilitating faster provisioning of targeted advertisements at a set-top box (STB) via an Internet Protocol (IP) connection between the STB and a remote server, wherein the STB is configured to have a satellite connection, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.