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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2016
Centurylink Intellectual Property Llc, Denver, CO (US);
Michael Goergen, Eagle Point, OR (US);
Gary W. LaFreniere, Tucson, AZ (US);
David Emerson, Overland Park, KS (US);
David Rondeau, Olathe, KS (US);
CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
A method and system for providing a content notification for a set-top box is disclosed. An embodiment is disclosed that receives security information at a web portal and the security information has identification information for a user assigned to a set-top box, services a request to create a content notification preference for the set-top box at the web portal in response to successful entry of security information, determines media content received by the set-top box and the media content selected for display, determines the content notification preference associated with the set-top box, the content notification preference has a content notification rule to monitor media content received by the set-top box, and sends a content notification to a recipient based on the content notification preference.