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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Putterman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gregory Peters, San Francisco, CA (US);
Richard Bullwinkle, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kim R. Dykeman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brad Dietrich, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/08 (2006.01); G08B 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 27/00 (2013.01); G08B 27/005 (2013.01); G08B 27/006 (2013.01); G08B 27/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system to convey user alert messages is disclosed. The system may have a alert service coupled between alert providers and a number of households. After receiving in the alert service an alert message from an alert provider, the alert service may alter the alert message to identify the household designated to receive the alert message. The alert service sends a notification to a home media system within the household designated to receive the alert message.