Patent ID: 8006270

Claim:
A method for enabling use of contents by a user of at least one set top box adapted to receive broadcast TV signals, comprising: establishing an association between at least one identifier of the user in a communications network and at least one identifier of said at least one user's set top box; receiving, at an information server associated with an IP network, contents published by a producer and a list of consumers that registered to be notified of the receipt of the contents, wherein the list of consumers includes the at least one identifier of the user; notifying the user of the availability of the contents, wherein said notifying comprises exploiting said at least one identifier of the user in the communications network and sending a notification message to the user via a messaging service of the communications network and/or a short messaging service; receiving, via the messaging service of the communications network and/or the short messaging service, a confirmation by the user; and upon receiving the confirmation by the user, delivering the contents to the user's set top box, wherein said delivering comprises identifying the at least one user's set top box exploiting said at least one identifier thereof.