METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING NOTIFICATIONS IN A MEDIA SYSTEM
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1. In a system having an alert service connected with a plurality of alert providers and a plurality of households, a method to convey alert messages, comprising:
- receiving at the alert service an alert message from an alert provider;
determining one or more households designated to receive the alert message; and
sending the alert message to the one or more households designated to receive the alert message.
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Abstract
A system to convey user alert messages is disclosed. The system may have a alert service coupled between alert providers and a number of households. After receiving in the alert service an alert message from an alert provider, the alert service may alter the alert message to identify the household designated to receive the alert message. The alert service sends a notification to a home media system within the household designated to receive the alert message.
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21 Claims
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1. In a system having an alert service connected with a plurality of alert providers and a plurality of households, a method to convey alert messages, comprising:
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receiving at the alert service an alert message from an alert provider; determining one or more households designated to receive the alert message; and sending the alert message to the one or more households designated to receive the alert message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon when executed convey alert messages in a system having an alert service connected with a plurality of alert providers and a plurality of households, the computer program product comprising sets of instructions for:
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receiving an alert message from an alert provider; determining one or more households designated to receive the alert message; and sending the user alert message to the one or more household designated to receive the alert message. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An alert message distribution system, comprising:
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an alert service configured for being in communication with at least one alert provider, for receiving an alert message from the at least one alert provider, and for sending the user alert message to a digital media adaptor (DMA), the DMA being configured for being in communication with the alert service; the DMA configured for being in communication with a media device to pass information regarding the alert message to the media device; and the media device configured for displaying the user alert message. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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