Methods and apparatus to provide messages to television users
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsChaoxin Charles Qiu, Jeffrey Lee Scruggs, John E. Lemay, Jessie Tsae-Jiuan Lee, Diana Maria Cantu
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to provide messages to television users are disclosed. An example method includes determining an identifier associated with a television device in response to detecting a request for a list of voicemail message information, querying a database to determine a voicemail mailbox associated with the identifier, initiating a terminal session in accordance with a remote desktop protocol for the television device, and sending the list of voicemail message information to the television device via the terminal session
Claims20
A method to provide messages to a television user, the method comprising:
- determining an identifier associated with a television device in response to detecting a request for a list of voicemail message information;
- querying a database to determine a voicemail mailbox associated with the identifier;
- initiating a terminal session in accordance with a remote desktop protocol for the television device;
- and
- sending the list of voicemail message information to the television device via the terminal session.
An apparatus comprising:
- a memory including machine readable instructions;
- and
- a processor to execute the instructions to at least:
- determine an identifier associated with a television device in response to detecting a request for a list of voicemail message information;
- query a database to determine a voicemail mailbox associated with the identifier;
- initiate a terminal session in accordance with a remote desktop protocol for the television device;
- and
- send the list of voicemail message information to the television device via the terminal session.
A tangible machine readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
- determining an identifier associated with a television device in response to detecting a request for a list of voicemail message information;
- querying a database to determine a voicemail mailbox associated with the identifier;
- initiating a terminal session in accordance with a remote desktop protocol for the television device;
- and
- sending the list of voicemail message information to the television device via the terminal session.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.