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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2004
Applicants:
Thomas M. Sladek, Overland Park, KS (US);
Von K. Mcconnell, Leawood, KS (US);
Inventors:
Thomas M. Sladek, Overland Park, KS (US);
Von K. McConnell, Leawood, KS (US);
Assignee:
Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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.