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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2013
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Edwin Tam, Shanghai, CN;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
An IM client and a method performed by the IM client for providing a subscriber of a real-time content distributor of an IPTV service provider with information about a transmission from the real-time content distributor are provided. The IM client, the IPTV service provider and the subscriber are using an IM service. The method comprises detecting () a start, or imminent start of the transmission; and determining () whether the subscriber is comprised in a friend list of the real-time content distributor. The method further comprises, if the subscriber is comprised in a friend list of the real-time content distributor, notifying () the subscriber about the start, or imminent start, of the transmission.