Methods and apparatus to provide messages to television users
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a database;
a request receiver to receive a request from a consumer electronics device for messaging information stored with at least one of a first message provider or a second message provider, the request receiver to determine an identifier associated with the consumer electronics device, the request receiver to query the database to determine first and second account identifiers associated with the identifier of the consumer electronics device;
a message transceiver in communication with the request receiver, the message transceiver to, when the request is for the messaging information stored with the first message provider, send a first command to cause the first message provider to forward the messaging information associated with the first message account identifier, and, when the request is for the messaging information stored with the second message provider, send a second command to cause the second message provider to forward the messaging information associated with the second message account identifier; and
a message presenter to send the messaging information received from at least one of the first message provider and the second message provider to the consumer electronics device, at least one of the request receiver, the message transceiver and the message presenter implemented with hardware.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to provide messages to consumer electronics devices are disclosed. An example method includes determining an identifier associated with a consumer electronics device from which a request has been received. The method also includes querying a database to determine first and second account identifiers associated with the identifier of the consumer electronics device. When the request is for messaging information stored with a first message provider, a first command is sent to cause the first message provider to forward the messaging information. When the request is for messaging information stored with a second message provider, a second command is sent to cause the second message provider to forward the messaging information. The messaging information received from at least one of the first message provider and the second message provider is sent to the consumer electronics device.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a database; a request receiver to receive a request from a consumer electronics device for messaging information stored with at least one of a first message provider or a second message provider, the request receiver to determine an identifier associated with the consumer electronics device, the request receiver to query the database to determine first and second account identifiers associated with the identifier of the consumer electronics device; a message transceiver in communication with the request receiver, the message transceiver to, when the request is for the messaging information stored with the first message provider, send a first command to cause the first message provider to forward the messaging information associated with the first message account identifier, and, when the request is for the messaging information stored with the second message provider, send a second command to cause the second message provider to forward the messaging information associated with the second message account identifier; and a message presenter to send the messaging information received from at least one of the first message provider and the second message provider to the consumer electronics device, at least one of the request receiver, the message transceiver and the message presenter implemented with hardware. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A tangible machine readable storage device comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to at least:
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determine an identifier associated with a consumer electronics device from which a request has been received, the request for messaging information stored with at least one of a first message provider or a second message provider; query a database to determine first and second account identifiers associated with the identifier of the consumer electronics device; when the messaging information is stored with the first message provider, send a first command to cause the first message provider to forward the messaging information associated with the first message account identifier; when the messaging information is stored with the second message provider, send a second command to cause the second message provider to forward the messaging information associated with the second message account identifier; and send the messaging information received from at least one of the first message provider or the second message provider to the consumer electronics device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method, comprising:
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determining, by executing an instruction with a processor, an identifier associated with a consumer electronics device from which a request has been received; querying, by executing an instruction with the processor, a database to determine first and second account identifiers associated with the identifier of the consumer electronics device; when the request is for messaging information stored with a first message provider, sending, from the processor, a first command to cause the first message provider to forward the messaging information associated with the first message account identifier; when the request is for messaging information stored with a second message provider, sending, from the processor, a second command to cause the second message provider to forward the messaging information associated with the second message account identifier; and sending, from the processor, the messaging information received from at least one of the first message provider and the second message provider to the consumer electronics device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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