SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR THE DELIVERY OF EMAIL TEXT MESSAGES TO AN IPTV DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20090150903A1
• Filed: 12/05/2007
• Published: 06/11/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: At&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: At&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hill, N. Peter, Cassanova, Jeffrey
• Application Number:
  US11/950,548
• Publication Number:
  US 20090150903A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/313
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44008 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4786 e-mailing message switching systems, e.g. electronic mail systems H04L51/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6175 involving transmission via Internet broadcast-related systems characterised by the transmission system being the Internet H04H60/82

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for the delivery and display of an email text message to an IPTV enabled display device. The method comprises retrieving at least one email message from an email account, and saving the at least one email message to an email log. The method further comprises analyzing each retrieved email message to determine if an IPTV account is associated with data that is comprised within the email message, and transmitting a notification to the IPTV account in the event that the email data that is comprised within an email message is determined to be associated with the IPTV account.

Claims

1. A method for the delivery and display of an email text message to an IPTV enabled display device, the method comprising:

retrieving at least one email message from an email account;

saving the at least one email message to a email log;

analyzing each retrieved email message to determine if an IPTV account is associated with data that is comprised within the at least one email message; and

transmitting a notification to the IPTV account in the event that the email data that is comprised within the at least one email message is determined to be associated with the IPTV account.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the email account is queried at predetermined time intervals in order to determine if new email messages have been received at the email account.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein for each for each email message that is retrieved from the email account the text message of the email message is saved to the email log.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein analyzing each retrieved email message to determine if an IPTV account is associated with data that is comprised within the email message comprises analyzing a destination header of the email message in order to retrieve data that is associated with an IPTV account identifier.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising accessing the notification to the IPTV account via an IPTV set top box, wherein the notification is transmitted to, and displayed on a display device that is in communication with the IPTV set top box.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising retrieving the at least one email message from the email log via the IPTV set top box.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising transmitting the at least one email message from the IPTV set top box to the display device, wherein the email message is displayed on the display device.

8. A system for the delivery and display of an email text message to an IPTV enabled display device, the system comprising:

an IPTV gateway, the IPTV gateway being in communication with at least one email server, the IPTV gateway further comprising;

a front-end processing system;

a back-end processing system, the back-end processing system being in communication with the front-end processing system, the back-end processing system being further configured to retrieve email messages that have been delivered to a predetermined email account; and

a database storage device, the storage device being in communication with the back-end processing system;

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the back-end processing system delivers the retrieved email messages to the database storage device, the email messages being saved to an email log at the database storage device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the back-end processing system analyzes each retrieved email message to determine if an IPTV account is associated with data that is comprised within the email message.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein a notification is transmitted from the IPTV gateway to the IPTV account in the event that the email data that is comprised within a email message is determined to be associated with the IPTV account.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the notification to the IPTV account is accessed via an IPTV set top box, the notification being transmitted to and displayed on a display device that is in communication with the IPTV set top box.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the email message is retrieved from the email log via the IPTV set top box, the retrieved email message thereafter being delivered to the display device for display.

14. A computer program product that includes a computer readable medium useable by a processor, the medium having stored thereon a sequence of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to delivery an email text message to an IPTV enabled display device by:

retrieving at least one email message from an email account;

saving the at least one email message to an email log;

analyzing the retrieved at least one email message to determine if an IPTV account is associated with data that is comprised within the email message; and

transmitting a notification to the IPTV account in the event that the email data that is comprised within the at least one email message is determined to be associated with the IPTV account.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the email account is queried at predetermined time intervals in order to determine if new email messages have been received at the email account.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein for each for each email message that is retrieved from the email account the text message of the email message is saved to the email log.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein analyzing each retrieved email message to determine if an IPTV account is associated with data that is comprised within the email message comprises analyzing a destination header of the email message in order to retrieve data that is associated with an IPTV account identifier.