Media exchange network supporting local and remote personalized media overlay

• US 20040117843A1
• Filed: 09/30/2003
• Published: 06/17/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP PTE Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP PTE Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bennett, James, Karaoguz, Jeyhan
• Application Number:
  US10/675,448
• Publication Number:
  US 20040117843A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/108
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2827 Reporting to a device within the home network; wherein the reception of the information reported automatically triggers the execution of a home appliance functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6583 Acknowledgement
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/814 comprising emergency warnings arrangements specially adapted for emergency or urgency in broadcast systems H04H20/59; arrangements for providing alarms, notifications, alerts to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8146 involving graphical data, e.g. 3D object, 2D graphics

Abstract

Certain aspects of the invention for displaying alerts in a communication network may comprise receiving an alert from a first device coupled to the communication network. A message corresponding to the received alert may be generated within a home and displayed on a television screen within the home. The generated message may be displayed along with a media broadcast on the television screen and an acknowledgment of the displayed message may be received via a user selection. The acknowledgement may be received from a remote control that controls various functions of the television screen. Displaying of the generated message may be terminated upon receiving the acknowledgement or the generated message may be displayed for a predetermined or specified period of time. The alert, which may be received via a wireless and/or a wired connection, may indicate a status of the first and/or a second device.

Claims

1. A method for displaying alerts in a communication network, the method comprising:

receiving an alert from a first device coupled to the communication network;

generating within a home, a message corresponding to said received alert; and

displaying said generated message on a television screen within said home.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising displaying said generated message along with a media broadcast on said television screen within said home.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving an acknowledgment of said displayed message via a user selection.

4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising receiving said acknowledgement via a remote control that controls functions for said television screen.

5. The method according to claim 3, further comprising terminating display of said generated message upon said receiving of said acknowledgement.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said alert indicates a status of at least said first device and a second device.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein said first device is located outside said home and said second device is located within said home.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving said alert via at least one of a wired and a wireless connection.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising displaying said generated message for a predetermined period of time.

10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising displaying said generated message in at least one of a pop-up window, a picture-in-picture (PIP) window and a banner on said television screen.

11. A machine-readable storage having stored thereon, a computer program having at least one code section for displaying alerts in a communication network, the at least one code section being executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform steps comprising:

receiving an alert from a first device coupled to the communication network;

generating within a home, a message corresponding to said received alert; and

displaying said generated message on a television screen within said home.

12. The machine-readable storage according to claim 11, further comprising code that causes said generated message to be displayed along with a media broadcast on said television screen within said home.

13. The machine-readable storage according to claim 11, further comprising code for receiving an acknowledgment of said displayed message via a user selection.

14. The machine-readable storage according to claim 13, further comprising code for receiving said acknowledgement via a remote control that controls functions for said television screen.

15. The machine-readable storage according to claim 13, further comprising code for terminating display of said generated message upon said receiving of said acknowledgement.

16. The machine-readable storage according to claim 11, wherein said alert indicates a status of at least said first device and a second device.

17. The machine-readable storage according to claim 16, wherein said first device is located outside said home and said second device is located within said home.

18. The machine-readable storage according to claim 11, further comprising code for receiving said alert via at least one of a wired and a wireless connection.

19. The machine-readable storage according to claim 11, further comprising displaying said generated message for a predetermined period of time.

20. The machine-readable storage according to claim 11, further comprising code that causes said generated message to be displayed in at least one of a pop-up window, a picture-in-picture (PIP) window and a banner on said television screen.

21. A system for displaying alerts in a communication network, the system comprising:

at least one processor that receives an alert from a first device coupled to the communication network;

said at least one processor generates within a home, a message corresponding to said received alert; and

said at least one processor causes said generated message to be displayed on said television screen within said home.

22. The system according to claim 21, where said at least one processor causes said generated message to be displayed along with a media broadcast on said television screen within said home.

23. The system according to claim 21, where said at least one processor receives an acknowledgment of said displayed message via a user selection.

24. The system according to claim 23, where said at least one processor receives said acknowledgement via a remote control that controls functions for said television screen.

25. The system according to claim 23, where said at least one processor terminates display of said generated message upon said receiving of said acknowledgement.

26. The system according to claim 21, wherein said alert indicates a status of at least said first device and a second device.

27. The system according to claim 26, wherein said first device is located outside said home and said second device is located within said home.

28. The system according to claim 21, where said at least one processor receives said alert via at least one of a wired and a wireless connection.

29. The system according to claim 21, wherein said at least one processor causes said generated message to be displayed for a predetermined period of time.

30. The system according to claim 21, where said at least one processor causes said generated message to be displayed in at least one of a pop-up window, a picture-in-picture (PIP) window and a banner on said television screen.

31. The system according to claim 21, wherein said at least one processor is at least one of a media processing system processor, a media management system processor, a computer processor, a media exchange software processor and a media peripheral processor.