Patent ID: 9325760
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: accessing, by a redirecting device, subscriber upstream traffic to a destination web site requested by at least one subscriber, wherein the redirecting device inter-connects between the at least one subscriber and the destination web site; providing, by the redirecting device, a unique subscriber identification to a consolidating and management device located at a provider of Internet services, the consolidating and management device providing data services and management control to the redirecting device; determining, by the consolidating and management device, the subscriber associated with the unique subscriber identification, and a bulletin message for the subscriber is desired to be communicated; sending, by the consolidating and management device, policy information related to the data services and the management control, to the redirecting device, wherein the policy information includes an IP address of the subscriber's device, and at least one of: the bulletin message, a modification of the bulletin message to be performed for the IP address, a reference to the bulletin message, and a redirection to the bulletin message; examining, by the redirecting device, the accessed upstream traffic to determine whether to send the redirection to the bulletin message, wherein the examining occurs without modifying the accessed upstream traffic; and based on the policy information, sending to the subscriber by the redirecting device, the at least one of: the bulletin message, the modification of the bulletin message to be performed for the IP address, the reference to the bulletin message, and the redirection to the bulletin message.