System and method for e-mail notification
AssigneeAt&T Knowledge Ventures, L.P.
InventorsMary McCarthy, Roland Noll, Scott Pettit
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Abstract
A method to deliver a notification of receipt of an e-mail includes associating a set-top box identifier with at least one e-mail account. Through a mail server external to an IPTV network, it is determined whether an e-mail has been received for the at least one e-mail account. In response to determining that an e-mail has been received for the at least one e-mail account, an e-mail delivery notification is generated and transmitted to the e-mail delivery notification to a set-top box device identified by the set-top box identifier.
Claims28
A method for delivering a notification of receipt of an e-mail, the method comprising:
- associating a set-top box identifier with at least one e-mail account;
- determining through a mail server external to an IPTV network whether an e-mail has been received for the at least one e-mail account;
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- in response to determining that an e-mail has been received for the at least one e-mail account, generating an e-mail delivery notification and transmitting the e-mail delivery notification to a set-top box device identified by the set-top box identifier.
A system to deliver a notification of receipt of an e-mail, the system comprising:
- an identity management module to:
- receive an e-mail notification request from a set-top box device forming part of an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network, the e-mail notification request referencing a set-top box identifier to identify the set-top box device;
- and
- associate the set-top box identifier with at least one e-mail account;
- an e-mail access module to:
- determine through a mail server external to the IPTV network whether an e-mail has been received for the at least one e-mail account;
- a notification message generator module to:
- generate an e-mail delivery notification, in response to determining that an e-mail has been received for the at least one e-mail account;
- and
- a message transfer module to:
- transmit the e-mail delivery notification to the set-top box device.
A system to deliver a notification of receipt of an e-mail, the system comprising a notification server and a mail server, wherein the notification server comprises:
- an identity management module to:
- associate a set-top box identifier with at least one e-mail account;
- an e-mail access module to:
- determine through a mail server external to an IPTV network whether an e-mail has been received for the at least one e-mail account;
- a notification message generator module to:
- generate an e-mail delivery notification, in response to determining that an e-mail has been received for the at least one e-mail account;
- and
- a message transfer module to:
- transmit the e-mail delivery notification to a set-top box device identified by the set-top box identifier;
- and
- wherein the mail server is to:
- determine whether an e-mail has been received for the at least one e-mail account.
A mail server to deliver a notification of receipt of an e-mail, the mail server being configured to:
- receive a further e-mail notification request from a notification system;
- extract an e-mail account identifier and an e-mail account virtual password from the further e-mail notification request;
- access an e-mail account associated with the e-mail account identifier to determine whether an e-mail has been received for the e-mail account;
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- provide information to the notification server that an e-mail has been received for the e-mail account.
A tangible machine-readable medium storing:
- instructions to receive an e-mail notification request from a set-top box device forming part of an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network, the e-mail notification request comprising a set-top box identifier to identify the set-top box device;
- instructions to associate the set-top box identifier with at least one e-mail account;
- instructions to determine through a mail server external to the IPTV network whether an e-mail has been received for the at least one e-mail account;
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- instructions to, in response to determining that an e-mail has been received for the at least one e-mail account, generate an e-mail delivery notification and transmitting the e-mail delivery notification to the set-top box device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.