Patent ID: 8719861
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for distributing dynamic event notification data in an internet protocol television system comprising: identifying a plurality of end user devices associated with a current viewer in the internet protocol television system; determining a priority for an event associated with the current viewer; determining a first context for the current viewer, based on a first plurality of different parameters comprising the current viewer watching a particular program on a first one of the plurality of end user devices; determining if the priority exceeds an event notice level for the first context; determining if the priority exceeds an event notice level for a second context for a second one of the plurality of end user devices; and upon determining that the priority exceeds the event notice level for the first end user device, sending from the internet protocol television server to the first end user client the dynamic event notification data; and upon determining that the priority does not exceed the event notification level for the first end user device and determining that the priority exceeds an event level of interest for the second end user device, sending from the internet protocol television system to the second user client device, the event notification data.