Patent ID: 9167206
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for communicating with a set-top box, comprising: receiving security information, the security information comprises identification information for a user assigned to the set-top box; servicing a request to create a notification preference for the set-top box in response to successful entry of security information; establishing the notification preference for the set-top box, the notification preference comprising a rule for providing information in a notification on media content available to be received by the set-top box, wherein the rule includes an option to provide the notification to a social network group associated with the user, and wherein the notification is automatically generated based on media content received by members of the social network group; sending the notification to a communication device of the user in accordance with a notification preference and automatically inserting the notification into a calendar application of the user; receiving, at the set-top box, a communication for the set-top box from a user device, the communication comprises a partial command representative of a function to be performed by the set-top box, wherein the partial command comprises at least one single-letter command word, wherein the communication has an identifier to indicate that the communication contains an incomplete partial command; inferring, by the set-top box using a processor, the incomplete partial command with the use of the notification, the incomplete partial command having the at least one single-letter command word; generating, by the set-top box, a command based on the inferred incomplete partial command; and performing, by the set-top box, the command.