Patent ID: 8185139

Claim:
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of presenting to a user a text-based message on a display device, said text-based message being associated with a wireless mobile device that is capable of receiving messages through a wireless communications network, the method comprising: receiving an indication of said text-based message that is attempting to be communicated to said wireless mobile device and that is intended to be received by said user, wherein said text-based message is transferred through at least a message center of the wireless communications network; referencing a data store of said wireless communications network to determine profile information associated with said user; upon determining a location of said wireless mobile device to be in a home condition, determining from said profile information a media-receiving device and a video-providing component that is associated with said user; and communicating said text-based message from said video-providing component to said media-receiving device, wherein the media-receiving device is responsible for presenting content of the text-based message on a display device operable coupled to the media-receiving device.