Methods, systems, and computer program products for presenting a message on a display based on a display based on video frame types presented on the display

1. A method for presenting a message on a display based on video frame types presented on the display, the method comprising:

receiving a message having one of a plurality of priority levels for presentation on a display;

determining whether a type of a video frame for presentation on the display has a predetermined relationship to the priority level of the message; and

presenting the received message on the display based on the video frame type determination.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving a message having one of a plurality of priority levels includes receiving the message from an electronic-based device selected from the group consisting of a computer, a media player, a phone, a personal digital assistant, an appliance, an electronic device, a network component, and a security alarm device.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving a message having one of a plurality of priority levels includes receiving the message including information selected from the group consisting of status information, alert information, reminder information, warning information, and calendar information.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein determining whether a type of a video frame for presentation on the display has a predetermined relationship to the priority level of the message includes comparing the priority level of the message to types of a plurality of video frames.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein presenting the received message on the display includes presenting the received message on the display substantially simultaneously with at least one of the plurality of video frames based on the comparison of the priority level of the message to the types of the plurality of video frames.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein presenting the received message on the display includes presenting the received message on the display based on a policy associated with the priority level of the message.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein presenting the received message on the display includes presenting the received message on the display for a predetermined time period.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the video frame is among a plurality of video frames for presentation on the display, and wherein presenting the received message on the display includes presenting the received message on the display with at least one of the plurality of video frames at a sequence interval with respect to the video frame.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein presenting the received message on the display includes presenting the message on the display at a time interval with respect to presentation of the video frame on the display.

10. The method of claim 1 comprising:

determining a type of an electronic-based device originating the message for receipt; and

determining a priority level of the message based on the determined type of the electronic-based device.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the message indicates a type of an electronic-based device, and wherein determining a priority level of the message includes determining the priority level of the message based on the type of an electronic-based device being indicated by the message.

12. The method of claim 1 comprising:

determining a message type of the message; and

determining a priority level of the message based on the determined message type.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein determining whether a type of a video frame for presentation on the display has a predetermined relationship to the priority level of the message includes determining the type of the video frame.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein determining the type of the video frame includes determining whether the type of the video frame is a type selected from the group consisting of an intra picture frame type, a bi-predictive frame type, and a bi-directional frame type.

15. The method of claim 1 comprising performing a display control function based on the priority level of the received message.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein performing a display control function includes controlling the presentation of a stream of video frames on the display based on the priority level of the received message.

17. The method of claim 16 comprising providing an operator interface configured to allow a user to interact with the received message.

18. The method of claim 15 comprising receiving operator input associated with the presented message; and wherein performing a display control function is based on the received operator input.

19. The method of claim 1 comprising associating a display property with the priority level of the message, and wherein presenting the received message on the display includes presenting the received message on the display in accordance with the display property.

20. The method of claim 1 comprising:

receiving a plurality of messages that each has one of the plurality of priority levels for presentation on the display;

determining whether the type of the video frame has a predetermined relationship to the priority levels of the messages; and

presenting the received messages with the video frame on the display based on the video frame type determination.

21. A system for presenting a message on a display based on video frame types presented on the display, the system comprising:

a message handler configured to receive a message having one of a plurality of priority levels for presentation on a display; and

a display controller configured to determine whether a type of a video frame for presentation on a display has a predetermined relationship to the priority level of the message and configured to control the display to present the received message on the display based on the video frame type determination.

22. The system of claim 21 wherein the message handler is configured to receive the message from an electronic-based device selected from the group consisting of a computer, a media player, a phone, a personal digital assistant, an appliance, an electronic device, a network component, and a security alarm device.

23. The system of claim 21 wherein the message handler is configured to receive the message including information selected from the group consisting of status information, alert information, reminder information, warning information, and calendar information.

24. The system of claim 21 wherein the display controller is configured to compare the priority level of the message to types of a plurality of video frames.

25. The system of claim 24 wherein the display controller is configured to control the display to present the received message substantially simultaneously with at least one of the plurality of video frames based on the comparison of the priority level of the message to the types of the plurality of video frames.

26. The system of claim 21 wherein the display controller is configured to control the display to present the received message based on a policy associated with the priority level of the message.

27. The system of claim 21 wherein the display controller is configured to control the display to present the message for a predetermined time period.

28. The system of claim 21 wherein the video frame is among a plurality of video frames for presentation on the display, and wherein the display controller is configured to control the display to present the received message with at least one of the plurality of video frames at a sequence interval with respect to the video frame.

29. The system of claim 21 wherein the display controller is configured to control the display to present the message at a time interval with respect to presentation of the video frame on the display.

30. The system of claim 21 wherein the message handler is configured to determine a type of an electronic-based device originating the message for receipt; and wherein the display controller is configured to determine a priority level of the message based on the determined type of the electronic-based device.

31. The system of claim 30 wherein message indicates a type of an electronic-based device, and wherein the display controller is configured to determine the priority level of the message based on the type of the electronic-based device indicated by the message.

32. The system of claim 21 wherein the message handler is configured to determine a message type of the message; and wherein the display controller is configured to determine a priority level of the message based on the determined message type.

33. The system of claim 21 wherein the display controller is configured to determine the type of the video frame.

34. The system of claim 21 wherein the display controller is configured to determine whether the type of the video frame is a type selected from the group consisting of an intra picture frame type, a bi-predictive frame type, and a bi-directional frame type.

35. The system of claim 21 wherein the display controller is configured to perform a display control function based on the priority level of the received message.

36. The system of claim 21 wherein the display controller is configured to control the presentation of a stream of video frames on the display based on the priority level of the received message.

37. The system of claim 36 wherein the display controller is configured to provide an operator interface configured to allow a user to interact with the received message.

38. The system of claim 21 wherein the display controller is configured to receive operator input associated with the presented message and configured to perform a display control function based on the received operator input.

39. The system of claim 21 wherein the display controller is configured to associate a display property with the priority level of the message, and wherein the display controller is configured to control the display to present the received message on the display in accordance with the display property.

40. The system of claim 21 wherein the message handler is configured to receive a plurality of messages that each has one of the plurality of priority levels for presentation on the display, wherein the display controller is configured to determine whether the type of the video frame has a predetermined relationship to the priority levels of the messages, and wherein the display controller is configured to control the display to present the received messages with the video frame on the display based on the video frame type determination.

41. A system for presenting a message on a display based on video frame types presented on the display, the system comprising:

means for receiving a message having one of a plurality of priority levels for presentation on a display;

means for determining whether a type of a video frame for presentation on the display has a predetermined relationship to the priority level of the message; and

means for presenting the received message on the display based on the video frame type determination.

42. A computer program product comprising computer executable instructions embodied in a computer readable medium for performing steps comprising:

receiving a message having one of a plurality of priority levels for presentation on a display;

determining whether a type of a video frame for presentation on the display has a predetermined relationship to the priority level of the message; and

presenting the received message on the display based on the video frame type determination.