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Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 07, 2012
Applicants:

Chaoxin Charles Qiu, Jr., Austin, TX (US);

Jeffrey Lee Scruggs, Round Rock, TX (US);

John E. Lemay, Austin, TX (US);

Jessie Tsae-jiuan Lee, Austin, TX (US);

Diana Maria Cantu, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Chaoxin Charles Qiu, Jr., Austin, TX (US);

Jeffrey Lee Scruggs, Round Rock, TX (US);

John E. Lemay, Austin, TX (US);

Jessie Tsae-Jiuan Lee, Austin, TX (US);

Diana Maria Cantu, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/64 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04M 3/533 (2006.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/643 (2011.01); H04M 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/58 (2013.01); H04M 3/53333 (2013.01); H04N 21/2356 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04N 21/64322 (2013.01); H04M 7/063 (2013.01); H04M 2207/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus to provide messages to television users are disclosed. An example method includes determining an identifier associated with a television device in response to detecting a request for a list of voicemail message information, querying a database to determine a voicemail mailbox associated with the identifier, initiating a terminal session in accordance with a remote desktop protocol for the television device, and sending the list of voicemail message information to the television device via the terminal session.


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