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 each alert provider in the plurality of alert providers;
for each alert message, determining a plurality of households designated to receive the alert message;
for each alert message, adding an identification of the alert provider that sent the alert message;
for each alert message for each designated household, assigning an alert level for the alert message based on the identity of the alert provider that sent the alert message, the assigned alert level for each alert provider being determined by user settings for the designated household, wherein an alert message is assigned to one of at least two different alert levels, each alert level determining a different manner in which the alert message is presented at the designated household; and
for each alert message, sending the alert message to the 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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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 each alert provider in the plurality of alert providers; for each alert message, determining a plurality of households designated to receive the alert message; for each alert message, adding an identification of the alert provider that sent the alert message; for each alert message for each designated household, assigning an alert level for the alert message based on the identity of the alert provider that sent the alert message, the assigned alert level for each alert provider being determined by user settings for the designated household, wherein an alert message is assigned to one of at least two different alert levels, each alert level determining a different manner in which the alert message is presented at the designated household; and for each alert message, sending the alert message to the households designated to receive the alert message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon when executed by a processor 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 at the alert service an alert message from each alert provider in the plurality of alert providers; for each alert message, determining a plurality of households designated to receive the alert message; for each alert message, adding an identification of the alert provider that sent the alert message; for each alert message for each designated household, assigning an alert level for the alert message based on the identity of the alert provider that sent the alert message, the assigned alert level for each alert provider being determined by user settings for the designated household, wherein an alert message is assigned to one of at least two different alert levels, each alert level determining a different manner in which the alert message is presented at the designated household; and for each alert message, sending the alert message to the households designated to receive the alert message. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An alert message distribution system, comprising:
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an alert service configured for; being in communication with a plurality of alert providers and a plurality of digital media adaptors (DMAs), each DMA being located at a household; receiving an alert message from each alert provider in the plurality of alert providers; for each alert message, determining a plurality of households designated to receive the alert message; for each alert message, adding an identification of the alert provider that sent the alert message; for each alert message for each designated household, assigning an alert level for the alert message based on the identity of the alert provider that sent the alert message, the assigned alert level for each alert provider being determined by user settings for the designated household, wherein an alert message is assigned to one of at least two different alert levels, each alert level determining a different manner in which the alert message is presented at the designated household; and for each alert message, sending the alert message to the households designated to receive the alert message by sending the alert message to the DMA located at the designated household; the plurality of DMAs, each DMA configured for being in communication with a media device at a household to pass information regarding the alert message to the media device; and the media device configured for presenting the alert message. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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