Patent ID: 9344764
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A system for facilitating communication actions in accordance with cable attributes, the system comprising: a communication indication receiver configured to receive an indication of an incoming communication directed to a separate user device; an attribute identifier configured to reference one or more cable attributes including an activity identifier that indicates that a television program is being actively displayed on a display associated with a cable device at the time of receipt of the indication of the incoming communication, the referencing performed without interruption of the actively displayed television program; an action determiner configured to determine one or more communication actions to initiate based on the one or more cable attributes including the activity identifier, wherein the one or more communication actions include presentation of a notification of the incoming communication or postponing presentation of a notification of the incoming communication; and an action initiator configured to initiate the one or more communication actions determined.