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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
May. 31, 2002
Erez Michael, Kadima, IL;
Shlomi Kringel, Ramat Gan, IL;
Erez Michael, Kadima, IL;
Shlomi Kringel, Ramat Gan, IL;
Comverse, Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
Abstract
SMS messages are conveyed via a TV communication infrastructure for receipt by a TV set-top box having a unique ID. The SMS messages are sent by a cellular telephone to a cellular service provider and are encoded with a unique ID of a destination TV subscriber's TV set-top box so as to be identifiable as destined for the TV communication infrastructure. After identifying that an SMS message is destined for the TV communication infrastructure, the cellular service provider forwards the SMS message to a TV communication gateway, which processes the SMS message, including identifying the unique ID of the TV subscriber's TV set-top box, and forwards data relating to the SMS message to the TV subscriber's TV set-top box.