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| 20090022141 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PRODUCTS FOR PLACING TELEPHONE CALLS VIA INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION CALL LOGS - Systems, methods and computer products for placing phone calls via Internet Protocol Television call logs. Exemplary embodiments include a method for generating communication requests via an Internet-Protocol-enabled device, the method including receiving a request to initiate a communication request from an Internet-Protocol-enabled device having an Internet-Protocol-enabled device address, mapping the Internet Protocol-enabled device address of a calling party to a calling party number and sending a first communication request to a calling party communication device associated with the Internet Protocol-enabled device. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090022142 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PRODUCTS FOR LOGGING OF OUTGOING CALLS TO AN INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION CALL LOG - Systems, methods and computer products for the logging of outgoing calls to an Internet Protocol Television call log. Exemplary embodiments include a method for logging outgoing communication requests related to an Internet-Protocol-enabled device, the method including receiving a request to initiate a communication request from an Internet Protocol-enabled device having an Internet-Protocol-enabled device address, mapping the Internet Protocol-enabled device address of a calling party to a calling party number, retrieving caller identification information associated with the called party and recording the caller identification information in a log associated with the Internet Protocol-enabled device. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090025028 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PRODUCTS FOR INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION VOICEMAIL MONITORING - Systems, methods and computer products for Internet Protocol Television voicemail monitoring. Exemplary embodiments include a method for providing voicemail to an Internet-Protocol-enabled device, the method including receiving a communication that a voicemail to a called party is currently being deposited in a voicemail infrastructure, mapping the called party number to an Internet Protocol-enabled device address of the called party, sending an indication to the Internet Protocol-enabled device and sending the voicemail to the Internet Protocol-enabled device address corresponding to the called party number in response to a communication requesting to monitor the voicemail. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090033517 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PRODUCTS FOR MOSAICS OF LIVE VIEWS OF TRAFFIC - Systems, methods and computer products for mosaics of live views of traffic via Internet Protocol Television. Exemplary embodiments include a network-based method for providing traffic views, the method including receiving a request to display a traffic views mosaic on a communications device, retrieving traffic views data and providing the traffic views data to the communications device. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090125955 | METHODS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS, AND VIRTUAL SERVERS FOR A VIRTUAL COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT - Methods, computer program products, and virtual servers for providing virtual service are provided. A user of a virtual service is authenticated. An input is received that identifies another user in which to operatively connect for virtual service. Permission is requested to operatively connect to the other user. The user is operatively connected to the other user, in response to receiving an acceptance to operatively connect from the other user. Acquired information is transmitted and received between the user and the other user, while broadcast content is being received by the user and the other user. The acquired information and the broadcast content may be displayed together on a television. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090137298 | Collaborative Virtual Coaching - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media provide opportunities for non-participants of an event to participate in the event as virtual event participants. According to various embodiments, virtual event participants are provided with available actions for the actual event participants that may be chosen by the virtual event participants. The results are analyzed and an action is selected and presented to an actual event participant or directly implemented. Success data corresponding to the selections of the virtual event participants is tracked and may be used during subsequent participation opportunities to select virtual event participants and to weigh selections by the virtual event participants. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090214013 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PRODUCTS FOR CALLER IDENTIFICATION FROM CALL TO WIRELESS/WIRELINE CELLULAR TO INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION - Systems, methods and computer products for providing caller identification from a call to a wireless/wireline cellular phone to Internet Protocol Television. Exemplary embodiments include a method for providing caller identification services to an Internet Protocol-enabled device, including receiving a communication request from a caller device over a voice network, the communication request including a caller party number of the caller device and a called patty number of a dual-mode called device associated with the communication request, mapping the called party number to an Internet Protocol-enabled device address of a called party and sending the caller party number to the Internet Protocol-enabled device address corresponding to the called party number. | 08-27-2009 |
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| 20100282044 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set-top box (STB) having a controller to present a first portion of a stringed musical instrument at a presentation device, present a second portion of the stringed musical instrument on a display of a communication device communicatively coupled to the STB, present at the presentation device a musical score and a demonstrative stimulus applied to the first portion according to a portion of the musical score, receive from the communication device a stimulus applied to the second portion of the stringed musical instrument, and present an audible sound corresponding to a combination of the demonstrative stimulus applied to the first portion and the stimulus applied to the second portion. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110119726 | TELEVISION CONTENT THROUGH SUPPLEMENTARY MEDIA CHANNELS - A method and system implements supplementary media channels to Internet-protocol television (IPTV) channels. An IPTV user may receive a selected IPTV program on an IPTV channel. The IPTV program may be correlated in time with metadata describing the content of the IPTV program. At a point in the IPTV program, the metadata may match with user configuration information for receiving supplemental content. A supplementary media channel may be used at such point to provide the supplemental content to the IPTV user during the IPTV program. Supplemental content may include additional storyline content for the IPTV program or an advertising message, a redeemable coupon, a promotional offer, or an order invitation. The supplementary media channel may include a telephone connection with the IPTV user, an email message, a text message, or an instant message sent to the IPTV user, or a voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) connection with the IPTV user. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110130204 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a method for presenting a first portion of the simulated musical instrument on a first presentation device, presenting a second portion of the simulated musical instrument on a second presentation device, presenting at the first presentation device a demonstrative stimulus directed to the first portion, and further presenting at least a portion of the musical score with an indicator providing instruction for stimulating the second portion according to the portion of the musical score where the indicator is located, detecting a stimulus directed to the second portion, and presenting an audible sound corresponding to the demonstrative stimulus directed to the first portion and the stimulus directed to the second portion. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 06-02-2011 |
