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US 7,054,654 · App. 10/785,267 · Granted May 30, 2006

Automatic messaging in response to television viewing

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Patent No.
US 7,054,654
App. No.
10/785,267
Granted
May 30, 2006
Kind
B1
Abstract

An automatic messaging system, in which, when a person tunes to a particular television station, a video server sends an SMS message indicating the station being watched. The video server could be a host device, such as a cable-TV receiver or satellite receiver that serves the television, or could take other forms.

Claims (7)

1. A method comprising:

when a person tunes a television to a given station, a video server responsively sending a Short Message Service (SMS) message to a designated destination, indicating what station is being watched,

wherein sending an SMS message to a designated destination comprises sending the SMS message to a parent of the person.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the video server comprises a host device serving the television.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the host device comprises a cable-TV receiver.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the host device comprises a satellite-TV receiver.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the person tunes the television by tuning the host device.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2022
From: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
To: IBSV LLC; LAYER3 TV, LLC; PUSHSPRING, LLC; T-MOBILE CENTRAL LLC; T-MOBILE USA, INC.; ASSURANCE WIRELESS USA, L.P.; BOOST WORLDWIDE, LLC; CLEARWIRE COMMUNICATIONS LLC; CLEARWIRE IP HOLDINGS LLC; SPRINTCOM LLC; SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P.; SPRINT INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED; SPRINT SPECTRUM LLC
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TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF FIRST PRIORITY AND JUNIOR PRIORITY SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT RIGHTS Recorded Apr 2, 2020
From: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
To: SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P.
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SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 2, 2020
From: T-MOBILE USA, INC.; ISBV LLC; T-MOBILE CENTRAL LLC; LAYER3 TV, INC.; PUSHSPRING, INC.; BOOST WORLDWIDE, LLC; CLEARWIRE COMMUNICATIONS LLC; CLEARWIRE IP HOLDINGS LLC; CLEARWIRE LEGACY LLC; SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P.; SPRINT INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED; SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P.; ASSURANCE WIRELESS USA, L.P.
To: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
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GRANT OF FIRST PRIORITY AND JUNIOR PRIORITY SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT RIGHTS Recorded Mar 6, 2017
From: SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P.
To: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2004
From: SLADEK, THOMAS M.; MCCONNELL, VON K.
To: SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P.
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