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US 2009/0022292 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for managing messages of communication devices
AssigneeAt&T Knowledge Ventures, L.P.
InventorGREGORY BECK
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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set top box having a controller to present media content to a user, receive a message, and selectively cease presentation of the media content until after the message is reviewed. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
Claims30
A computer-readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions for:
- receiving a user profile;
- presenting media content according to the user profile;
- receiving a message at a set top box;
- determining whether a user is a targeted user of the message based at least in part on the user profile;
- and
- ceasing presentation of the media content where the user is the targeted user of the message.
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A communication device, comprising a controller to:
- communicate a message to a set top box;
- and
- communicate a target code to the set top box, wherein presentation of media content by the set top box is ceased where a user is a targeted user of the message, and wherein the set top box determines whether the user is the targeted user based in part on the target code.
A set top box, comprising a controller to:
- present media content to a user;
- receive a message;
- and
- selectively cease presentation of the media content until after the message is reviewed.
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A method of managing messages, the method comprising:
- providing access to media content based at least in part on a user profile;
- receiving a message;
- determining whether a user is a targeted user of the message based at least in part on the user profile;
- and
- ceasing presentation of the media content where the user is the targeted user of the message.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.