System and method for instant messaging control of an integrated communications center
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1. A telecommunications method, comprising:
- receiving a digital personal media stream manager Instant Messaging (IM) control message at a computer; and
using said digital personal media stream manager IM message to control programming of a video recording device operably coupled to said computer.
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Abstract
A system for Instant Messaging based control of the digital personal video stream manager (102), for example, to program a video recording device (114). The system includes a personal computer (110) having an Instant Messaging client (2202) and equipping the Instant Messaging client with a DPVSM control plug in (2204). The DPVSM control plug in (2204) is adapted to identify a special DPVSM control Instant Message (2301) which is then translated by the DPVSM control program (312). The digital personal video stream manager (102) then activates at the appropriate time to record the program.
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20 Claims
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1. A telecommunications method, comprising:
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receiving a digital personal media stream manager Instant Messaging (IM) control message at a computer; and
using said digital personal media stream manager IM message to control programming of a video recording device operably coupled to said computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A telecommunications system, comprising:
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a local area network;
a media subsystem coupled to receive broadband media, said media subsystem including;
a television for viewing said broadband media; and
a digital personal video stream manager operably coupled to said television and said local area network, said digital personal video stream manager adapted to convert said broadband media to media files useable on said local area network and convert media files from said local area network to a format viewable on said television;
a network subsystem coupled to an Internet and said local area network, said network subsystem including a computer having a digital personal video stream manager controller and a memory for storing media files;
wherein said digital personal video stream manager controller is adapted to receive media files from said digital personal video stream manager via said local area network and transmit media files to said digital personal video stream manager via said local area network; and
wherein said computer includes an Instant Messaging client and is adapted to receive one or more Instant messaging messages for controlling operation of said digital personal video stream manager. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A telecommunications method, comprising:
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receiving one or more broadband media streams; and
controlling recording of said one or more broadband media streams remotely using one or more Instant Messaging messages. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A home-based multimedia telecommunications system, comprising:
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a local area network;
a connection for receiving one or more broadband media streams at a television;
a digital personal media stream manager operably coupled to said local area network and adapted to digitize said one or more broadband media streams as one or more media files and transmit said one or more media files to a personal computer, said personal computer including an Instant Messaging client and coupled to said local area network;
wherein said digital personal media stream manager is adapted to interface playback and recording of said one or more media files on said personal computer or said television; and
wherein said digital personal media stream manager is controllable via one or more Instant Messaging messages received at said Instant Messaging client. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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