Patent ID: 7024461
Filing Date: 2006-04-04
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A multimedia unit comprising: a session initiation protocol control unit, wherein the session initiation protocol control unit communicates with a server over a packet based network to receive multimedia content; and a multimedia interface, wherein the multimedia interface sends the multimedia content received by the session initiation protocol control unit to output devices for presentation, wherein the session initiation protocol unit communicates with the server to identify a user of the multimedia unit from a plurality of registered users of the multimedia unit, and wherein the multimedia interface receives multimedia content from the server based on the identification of the user of the multimedia unit; a processing unit coupled to the multimedia interface and the communication interface, wherein the processing unit determines a type of the multimedia content being sent to the output devices by the multimedia interface, determines if an alert may be output based on the type of the multimedia content, and output an alert if it is determined that an alert may be output based on the type of the multimedia content, wherein the processing unit determines a type of the multimedia content, determines if an alert may be output, and outputs the alert in response to the multimedia interface receiving at least one of