System for Exchanging Media Content Between a Media Content Processor and a Communication Device
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsScott White, James Cansler
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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media content processor having a controller adapted to detect an event associated with recorded media content derived from one among a plurality of media content sources, select a communication device of a subscriber of the media content processor, retrieve a portion of the recorded media content, generate a notice describing the event, and transmit the notice with the portion of the recorded media content to the communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- detecting, by a processing system comprising a processor, a recording event that provides recorded media content derived from a media content source in communication with a wireless network;
- requesting, by the processing system responsive to the detecting, presence information for a plurality of communication devices associated with a subscriber to the wireless network;
- identifying, by the processing system based on the presence information, a portable communication device of the plurality of communication devices in active communication with the wireless network;
- retrieving, by the processing system, a portion of the recorded media content;
- generating, by the processing system, a notice describing the recording event, wherein the notice comprises a first preview portion comprising the portion of the recorded media content and a second preview portion comprising a description of the recorded media content, and wherein the notice provides the subscriber an option to access the first preview portion or the second preview portion;
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- delivering, by the processing system, the notice via an instant messaging application to the portable communication device.
A device comprising:
- a processing system including a processor;
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- a memory that stores instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations comprising:
- detecting a recording event that provides recorded media content derived from a media content source in communication with a wireless network;
- requesting, responsive to the detecting, presence information for a plurality of communication devices associated with a subscriber to the wireless network;
- identifying, based on the presence information, a portable communication device of the plurality of communication devices in active communication with the wireless network;
- retrieving a portion of the recorded media content;
- generating a notice describing the recording event, wherein the notice comprises a first preview portion comprising the portion of the recorded media content and a second preview portion comprising a description of the recorded media content, and wherein the notice provides the subscriber an option to access the first preview portion or the second preview portion;
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- delivering the notice to the portable communication device according to a multimedia messaging service protocol.
A machine-readable medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising:
- detecting a recording event that provides recorded media content derived from a media content source in communication with a wireless network;
- requesting, responsive to the detecting, presence information for a plurality of communication devices associated with a subscriber to the wireless network;
- identifying, based on the presence information, a portable communication device of the plurality of communication devices in active communication with the wireless network;
- retrieving a portion of the recorded media content;
- generating a notice describing the recording event, wherein the notice comprises a first preview portion comprising the portion of the recorded media content and a second preview portion comprising a description of the recorded media content, and wherein the notice provides the subscriber an option to access the first preview portion or the second preview portion;
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- delivering the notice to the portable communication device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.