MANAGEMENT OF INCOMING TELEPHONY COMMUNICATIONS IN A LOCAL MEDIA NETWORK

• US 20110281568A1
• Filed: 05/13/2010
• Published: 11/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: United Video Properties Incorporated (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rovi Technologies Corporation (Adeia Inc.)
• Inventors: Le Clech, Philippe Georges
• Application Number:
  US12/779,548
• Publication Number:
  US 20110281568A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/415
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/663 Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for locally managing incoming telephony communication events on a user equipment display. In one embodiment, a user equipment device may include an input/output interface, a notification module, and a display device. The input/output interface may be configured to receive an indication of a communication event directed to a user telephony device over a short-range wireless connection. The notification module may be configured to generate a notification message in response to receiving the indication of a communication event. The indication of the communication event may include sender information, which may be included in the notification message. The display device may be configured to display the notification message so that it overlays a currently displayed video program.

Claims

1. A method of operating user equipment comprising:

communicating with a user telephony device over a short-range wireless connection;

receiving from the user telephony device a indication of a communication event directed to the user telephony device, wherein the indication includes sender information associated with the communication event;

generating a notification message in response to receiving the indication of a communication event, wherein the notification message includes the sender information; and

displaying the notification message on the user equipment, wherein the notification message overlays a currently displayed video program.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the connection is a peer-to-peer connection.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user telephony device and user equipment are uPNP or DLNA compliant devices.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user equipment is one of user television equipment or user computer equipment.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication event is an SMS event and the notification message includes a text message.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication event is an incoming call and the notification message includes caller ID information.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising,

using the sender information to obtain a sender name associated with the sender information;

and

including the sender name in the notification message.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising,

using the sender information to obtain supplemental sender information associated with the sender information;

and

including the supplemental sender information in the notification message.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising,

using the sender information to obtain a photo associated with the sender information;

including the photo in the notification message.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the notification message is customized based on a user profile.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the currently displayed video program is received from a DVD player.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the user telephony device is automatically discovered.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising,

communicating with a second user telephony device over a second peer-to-peer connection;

and

receiving from the second user telephony device an indication of a communication event directed to the second user telephony device.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving an instruction to remove the notification message from the display.

15. User television equipment comprising:

an input/output interface, the input/output interface being configured to receive an indication of a communication event directed to a user telephony device, the communication being received over a short-range wireless connection, the indication including sender information associated with the communication event;

a notification module, the notification module being configured to generate a notification message in response to receiving the indication of a communication event, wherein the notification message includes the sender information; and

a display device, the display device being configured to display the notification message, wherein the notification message overlays a currently displayed video program.

16. The user television equipment of claim 15, the input/output interface being configured to communicate with the user telephony device over a Bluetooth connection.

17. The user television equipment of claim 15, the input/output interface being configured to receive an address book from the user telephony device.

18. A computer program product for managing notifications of communication events in a home network environment, said computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer usable program instructions recorded thereon, said computer usable program instructions when loaded onto and executed by a computer causing the computer to perform a method comprising:

receiving from a user telephony device a indication of a communication event directed to the user telephony device, wherein the indication includes sender information associated with the communication event, and wherein the indication is received over a short-range wireless connection;

generating a notification message in response to receiving the indication of a communication event, wherein the notification message includes the sender information; and

displaying the notification message on the user television equipment, wherein the notification message overlays a currently displayed video program.