Systems, methods and computer products for internet protocol television message waiting indication
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property, Inc.
InventorJeffrey Cassanova
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Abstract
Systems, methods and computer products for Internet Protocol Television message waiting indication. Exemplary embodiments include a method for providing messages to an Internet-Protocol-enabled device, the method including receiving a communication that a message to a recipient party has been deposited in a message infrastructure, mapping a recipient party message address to an Internet Protocol-enabled device address of the recipient party, retrieving sending party identification information and sending a message waiting indication to the Internet Protocol-enabled device address.
Claims20
A method for providing messages to an Internet-Protocol-enabled device, the method comprising:
- receiving a communication that a message to a recipient party has been deposited in a message infrastructure;
- mapping a recipient party message address to an Internet Protocol-enabled device address of the recipient party;
- retrieving sending party identification information;
- and
- sending a message waiting indication to the Internet Protocol-enabled device address.
A system for providing message wailing indications to an Internet Protocol-enabled device, the system comprising:
- a computer processing device;
- and
- a message waiting indication services application executing on the computer processing device, the message waiting indication services application:
- receiving a communication that a message to a recipient party has been deposited in a message infrastructure:
- mapping a recipient party message address to an Internet Protocol-enabled device address of the recipient party;
- retrieving sending party identification information;
- and
- sending a message waiting indication to the Internet Protocol-enabled device address.
A computer program product for providing message services to an Internet Protocol-enabled device, the computer program product including instructions for causing a computer to implement a method, the method comprising:
- receiving a communication that a message to a recipient party has been deposited in a message infrastructure;
- mapping a recipient party message address to an Internet Protocol-enabled device address of the recipient party;
- retrieving sending party identification information;
- and
- sending a message waiting indication to the Internet Protocol-enabled device address.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.