Extended television reminders

An Internet Protocol television control server for storing and retrieving on request reminders corresponding to media information to be presented to a user, comprising:

• a transceiver configured for exchanging electronic signals with one or more entities of an electronic communication network;
• an electronic processor programmably configured to handle information carried by the electronic signals;
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• a memory configured to store retrievable reminders;
• wherein the processor is configured to generate unique identifiers for reminders, to send unique identifiers to a user equipment, to store a list of reminders in association with a profile of the user, the list including at least an identifier of the media information, and a unique identifier of the reminder;
• and to cause a reminder message to be sent from the control server to at least one user equipment at a time based on a reminder request message, causing the reminder request to be sent including determining whether the user is logged in to an Internet Protocol multimedia subsystem in the communication network.

An Internet Protocol television control server for storing and retrieving on request reminders corresponding to media information to be presented to a user, comprising:

• a transceiver configured for exchanging electronic signals with one or more entities of an electronic communication network;
• an electronic processor programmably configured to handle information carried by the electronic signals;
• and
• a memory configured to store retrievable reminders;
• wherein the processor is configured to generate unique identifiers for reminders, to send unique identifiers to a user equipment, to store a list of reminders in association with a profile of the user, the list including at least an identifier of the media information, and a unique identifier of the reminder;
• to cause a reminder message to be sent from the control server to at least one user equipment at a time based on a reminder request message;
• to determine the user's preferred notification channel for receiving the reminder message;
• to determine if the user has responded to the reminder message, and if not, to send another reminder message by a different notification channel.