System and method for short message service control of an integrated communications center
First Claim
1. A telecommunications method, comprising:
- receiving a digital personal media stream manager short message service (SMS) control message at a server;
converting said digital personal media stream manager SMS control message to a control message format readable by a sender'"'"'s personal computer;
transmitting said control message to said personal computer; and
using said control message to control programming of a video recording device operably coupled to said personal computer.
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Abstract
A system for Short Message Service-based control of a digital personal video stream manager (102), for example, to program a video recording device (110). Such a system includes one or more cellular telephones (2602) including SMS capabilities and a DPVSM control module (2606, 2608, 2610) in the SMS server (2604) of the cellular service provider. The DPVSM control module (2606, 2608, 2610) is adapted to identify a special DPVSM control SMS message (2700) which is then translated by the DPVSM control module (2606, 2608, 2610) and converted to a DPVSM Instant Message or a DPVSM e-mail control message. The DPVSM Instant Message or a DPVSM e-mail control message is then transmitted to the user'"'"'s personal computer (110), where the IM or e-mail plug in translates it and uses it to control the DPVSM.
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26 Claims
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1. A telecommunications method, comprising:
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receiving a digital personal media stream manager short message service (SMS) control message at a server;
converting said digital personal media stream manager SMS control message to a control message format readable by a sender'"'"'s personal computer;
transmitting said control message to said personal computer; and
using said control message to control programming of a video recording device operably coupled to said personal computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A telecommunications system, comprising:
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a multimedia telecommunications system including;
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
a Short Message Service (SMS) system including an SMS server adapted to receive a user'"'"'s digital personal video stream manager SMS control message and transmit a content of said digital personal video stream manager SMS control message to said computer;
wherein said computer includes a messaging client and is adapted to receive said content for controlling operation of said digital personal video stream manager. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. 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 Short Message Service (SMS) messages. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A telecommunications system, comprising:
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a Short Message service system including an SMS server and one or more SMS clients, said SMS server adapted to receive one or more SMS control messages from an SMS client and convert said SMS control message to a messaging message; and
a home-based telecommunications system including;
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 a 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 messaging messages received at said messaging client. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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