OPEN CABLE APPLICATION PLATFORM (OCAP) AND SET-TOP BOX (STB)-BASED CALENDERING APPLICATION
First Claim
1. A set-top box with an operating system layer operable to support cable network interconnectability and to provide an application platform comprising:
- one or more profiles, each profile including personal information and personal preferences, one or more of the personal information and personal preferences used in association with a calendaring application; and
a calendaring interface operable to allow management of one or more calendared items, the management including one or more of creation, editing, rescheduling and reminder forwarding.
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Abstract
One exemplary aspect is advanced multimedia communications via OCAP using customer specific profiles resident in the STB for calendar management. Additional aspects relate to invitation management including auto-calendaring, forwarding of an invitation details to a specific destination, conflict resolution, auto-rescheduling, global rescheduling and automatic reminders based on an invitation. Still further aspects relate to enabling confirmation of an appointment based on a received reminder and a technique to confirm an appointment with the ability to forward an appointment confirmed identifier to the appointment setter. Rescheduling routines are also provided for use with the calendaring application.
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20 Claims
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1. A set-top box with an operating system layer operable to support cable network interconnectability and to provide an application platform comprising:
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one or more profiles, each profile including personal information and personal preferences, one or more of the personal information and personal preferences used in association with a calendaring application; and a calendaring interface operable to allow management of one or more calendared items, the management including one or more of creation, editing, rescheduling and reminder forwarding. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of operating a set-top box having an operating system layer operable to support cable network interconnectability and to provide an application platform comprising:
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establishing one or more profiles, each profile including personal information and personal preferences, one or more of the personal information and personal preferences used in association with a calendaring application; and managing the calendaring application, the management including one or more of creation, editing, rescheduling and reminder forwarding. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A means for operating a set-top box having an operating system layer operable to support cable network interconnectability and to provide an application platform comprising:
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means for establishing one or more profiles, each profile including personal information and personal preferences, one or more of the personal information and personal preferences used in association with a calendaring application; and means for managing the calendaring application, the management including one or more of creation, editing, rescheduling and reminder forwarding.
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