MEDIA CONTEXT INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A method of operating a subscriber terminal associated with a subscriber comprising:
- receiving from a presence system media context information indicative of a monitored user accessing media content, the presence system adapted to generate the media context information from media state information received from at least one monitored entity associated with the monitored user; and
providing at the subscriber terminal an action related to that taken by the monitored entity with regard to the media content based on the media context information.
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Abstract
The present invention enables one entity to take actions that relate to or loosely parallel another entity with regard to media content. In particular, a presence system is configured to receive state information and media state information indicative of a user accessing media content and various media related information. The presence system will process the state information and the media state information provided from any number of monitored entities and generate presence and media context information. The presence information will bear on the relative availability of a monitored user, and the media context information will bear on the monitored user'"'"'s access to the media content. The media context information is then sent to the subscribing entities of subscribers to the presence information, alone or with any available presence information. Once the presence and media context information is received, a subscribing entity can take actions based on the media context information.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of operating a subscriber terminal associated with a subscriber comprising:
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receiving from a presence system media context information indicative of a monitored user accessing media content, the presence system adapted to generate the media context information from media state information received from at least one monitored entity associated with the monitored user; and providing at the subscriber terminal an action related to that taken by the monitored entity with regard to the media content based on the media context information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A subscriber terminal associated with a subscriber comprising:
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at least one network interface; and a control system associated with the at least one network interface and adapted to; receive from a presence system media context information indicative of a monitored user accessing media content, the presence system adapted to generate the media context information from media state information received from at least one monitored entity associated with the monitored user; and provide an action related to that taken by the monitored entity with regard to the media content based on the media context information. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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