Patent ID: 8599848
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method in a sub-network grouping server, the method comprising: receiving at the sub-network grouping server regional broadcast datagrams from a sender terminal for forwarding to a plurality of destination terminals served by a plurality of sub-networks; selecting, by the sub-network grouping server, a plurality of sub-networks according to criteria defined by said sender terminal and chosen as a function of information derived from said sender terminal without the individual destination identifications of said destination terminals being specified by said sender terminal; providing, via the sub-network grouping server, communication of regional broadcast datagrams from said sender terminal to a plurality of servers corresponding to said selected sub-networks for forwarding of said regional broadcast datagrams, from said plurality of servers, to a plurality of destination terminals within the corresponding selected sub-networks.