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US 10,375,559 B2Granted
Supplementing broadcast messages
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsDeWayne A. Sennett, Brian Kevin Daly, Charles Peter Musgrove
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Abstract
A method includes receiving a broadcast message and determining a type of the broadcast message. The operations include, if the broadcast message is a first type, retrieving data indicated by the broadcast message. The operations include, if the broadcast message is a second type, changing a device operating characteristic.
Claims20
A device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory comprising executable instructions that cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:
- receiving, via broadcast by a subscriber network, a message comprising content;
- determining that the message comprises a first type alert and a second type alert;
- responsive to the message being the first type, in which content of the message comprises a network address, accessing the network address to retrieve, from a network device, a software;
- responsive to the message being the second type, in which the content of the message comprises an instruction, installing the software on the device;
- and
- displaying a communication associated with the message, the communication indicative of the installing.
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A method comprising:
- receiving at a device, via broadcast by a subscriber network, a message comprising content;
- determining that the message comprises a first type alert and a second type alert;
- responsive to the message being the first type, in which content of the message comprises a network address, accessing the network address to retrieve, from a network device, a software;
- and
- responsive to the message being the second type, in which the content of the message comprises an instruction, installing the software on the device.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, via broadcast by a subscriber network, a message comprising content;
- determining that the message comprises a first type alert and a second type alert;
- responsive to the message being the first type, determining that a device has a software indicated by the content;
- responsive to the message being the second type, changing the software on the device;
- and
- displaying a communication associated with the message, the communication indicative of the changing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.