Method, system and apparatus for causing customer premises equipment to automatically call a telecommunications server
AssigneeNortel Networks Limited
InventorsAnthony Hamilton Smith, Jacques Pierre LaPointe, Kevin Peter Morris
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Abstract
A system and method for providing messaging services at customer premises equipment. The system includes a messaging platform for receiving and storing messages, the messaging platform including a transmitter for receiving information request messages and a transmitter for transmitting information and customer premises equipment. The customer premises equipment includes a transmitter for transmitting an information request message from the CPE to the messaging platform and a receiver for receiving information from the messaging platform in response to the information request message.
Claims30
A method of automatically receiving information at customer premises equipment (CPE), the method comprising:
- a) measuring idle time elapsed since the CPE was last used;
- b) transmitting a current information request message from said CPE to a messaging platform when the idle time is greater than a pre-defined idle time threshold;
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- c) receiving information from said messaging platform in response to said information request message.
A system for automatically receiving information at customer premises equipment (CPE), the apparatus comprising:
- (a) a first timer for measuring idle time elapsed since the CPE was last used;
- b) a transmitter for transmitting an information request message from said CPE to a messaging platform when the idle time is greater than a pre-defined idle time threshold;
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- c) a receiver for receiving information from said messaging platform in response to said information request message.
A system for providing messaging services at customer premises equipment (CPE), the system comprising:
- a) a messaging platform for receiving and storing messages, said messaging platform including a receiver for receiving information request messages and a transmitter for transmitting information;
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- b) customer premises equipment including:
- i) a first timer for measuring idle time elapsed since the CPE was last used;
- ii) a transmitter for transmitting an information request message from said CPE to said messaging platform when the idle time is greater than a pre-defined idle time threshold;
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- iii) a receiver for receiving information from said messaging platform in response to said information request message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.