STB Messaging System
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsEdward Walter, Michael Raftelis, John Kirby
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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a video terminal device having a processor adapted to submit a query to a mobile device to determine whether to redirect one or more mobile messages destined for the mobile device to the video terminal device, receive from the mobile device an affirmative response to the query, transmit a request to a wireless carrier system to redirect transmission of the one or more mobile messages to the video terminal device, receive from the wireless carrier system the one or more mobile messages while the mobile device remains communicatively coupled to the video terminal device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims19
A mobile communication device, comprising:
- a communications interface;
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the memory comprises computer instructions, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
- communicatively couple to a video terminal device;
- receive from the video terminal device a query with an option to redirect one or more mobile messages destined for the mobile communication device to the video terminal device;
- and
- transmit an affirmative response to the query to cause a wireless carrier system to redirect transmission of the one or more mobile messages to the video terminal device while the mobile communication device remains communicatively coupled to the video terminal device.
A method, comprising:
- receiving a query with an option to redirect one or more mobile messages destined for a mobile device to a video terminal device;
- and
- transmitting an affirmative response to the query to cause a wireless carrier system to redirect transmission of the one or more mobile messages destined for the mobile device to the video terminal device.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions executable by a machine, the instructions causing the machine to:
- receive a request to redirect one or more mobile messages destined for a mobile device to a video terminal device;
- and
- transmit a response to cause a wireless carrier system to redirect transmission of the one or more mobile messages destined for the mobile device to the video terminal device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.