Method and system for electronic communication to television
View Patent ↗A system and method of displaying messages at a television is described. The method of displaying messages at a television includes: establishing communication over the Internet between a television and a server. A user-generated communication is received at the television from the server. A notification is displayed on the television that the user-generated communication has been received. The user-generated communication is displayed on the television.
1. A method comprising:
establishing communication over the internet between a display device and a server;
receiving a communication at said display device from said server; and
displaying said communication on said display device and using the display device to mirror the communication sent to a mobile device separate from the display device, whereby a communication sent from a mobile device is mirrored on the display device and on a computing device separate from the display device such that the display device is copied on communications sent to/from the computing device and to/from the mobile device, so that a user of the display device is enabled to respond to the communication using the mobile device, wherein the mobile device is a stand-alone computing device capable of network access, sending messages, receiving messages, and displaying messages, all independently of a local connection to the display device.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving a user display request, and wherein said displaying said communication is in response to said user display request.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein said communication is a text message or an electronic message.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising sending an outgoing electronic communication from said display device to said server.
5. The method of claim 1 further comprising storing said communication in a display device storage device, and wherein said communication includes an identification of a server based alias associated with a sender of said communication.
6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
receiving a plurality of incoming electronic communications;
sending a plurality of outgoing electronic communications, and storing said plurality of incoming electronic communications and said plurality of outgoing electronic communications in a memory device.
7. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving programming information at a cable host device for viewing on said display device.
8. A device comprising:
at least one computer memory that is not a transitory signal and that comprises instructions executable by at least one processor for:
establishing communication over the internet between a display device and a server;
receiving a user-generated communication at the display device from the server; and
displaying the user-generated communication on the display device and using the display device to mirror the user-generated communication sent to a mobile device separate from the display device, whereby a user-generated communication sent from a mobile device is mirrored on the display device and on a computing device separate from the display device such that the display device is copied on user-generated communications sent to/from the computing device and to/from the mobile device, so that a user of the display device is enabled to respond to the user-generated communication using the mobile device, wherein the mobile device is a stand-alone computing device capable of network access, sending messages, receiving messages, and displaying messages, all independently of a local connection to the display device.
9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the electronic communication includes an identification of a server based alias associated with a sender of the electronic communication.
10. The device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions are executable for:
receiving a plurality of incoming electronic communications:
sending a plurality of outgoing electronic communications, and
storing the plurality of incoming electronic communications and the plurality of outgoing electronic communications in the display device.
11. The device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions are executable for receiving programming content at a cable host device for displaying on the display device.
12. The device of claim 8 , comprising the at least one processor and at least one display configured to be controlled by the at least one processor to present the user-generated communication.