Patent ID: 8250620
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for sharing information between a concierge with access to a data network and a recipient's display device, the method comprising: registering the concierge and a recipient to share information; establishing a voice connection between the concierge and the recipient; associating the voice connection with information to be sent across the data network to the recipient's display device; initiating a broadcast of the information to the recipient's display device; providing a default image to the recipient's display device; allowing the recipient to view audio-visual information based on content of a particular URL on the display device, only in response to establishing a voice connection between the concierge and the recipient; forwarding control information and the audio-visual information to customer premise equipment for storage to allow the recipient to view the stored audio-visual information on the display device after termination of the voice connection in accordance with the control information, the control information defining usage restrictions related to the audio-visual information forbidding printing and faxing and allowing retransmission of the audio-visual information by the recipient to another recipient; and automatically clearing the default image after a predetermined time associated with the recipient.