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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2007
Jeffrey Cassanova, Villa Rica, GA (US);
N. Peter Hill, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jeffrey Cassanova, Villa Rica, GA (US);
N. Peter Hill, Atlanta, GA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for the delivery and display of an email text message and audio/video attachment to an IPTV enabled display device. The method comprises retrieving an email message and at least one audio/video attachment from an email account, and saving the email message and one audio/video attachment. The method further comprises analyzing the retrieved email message to determine if an IPTV account is associated with data that is comprised within the email message, and transmitting a notification to the IPTV account in the event that the email data that is comprised within the email message is determined to be associated with the IPTV account.