Patent ID: 8634533

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving a notification at a network server, wherein the notification is directed to a particular address of a plurality of addresses associated with a customer premises; identifying, at the network server, a customer premises equipment device of a plurality of customer premises equipment devices at the customer premises to receive the notification based on a directed notification profile that is associated with the customer premises, wherein the directed notification profile indicates that: first notifications directed to a first address of the plurality of addresses are to be communicated to a first customer premises equipment device of the plurality of customer premises equipment devices and to a second customer premises equipment device of the plurality of customer premises equipment devices; and second notifications directed to a second address of the plurality of addresses are to be communicated to the first customer premises equipment device and not communicated to the second customer premises equipment device; in response to determining, at the network server, that the particular address is associated with a mobile device: overriding the directed notification profile by refraining from sending the notification to the identified customer premises equipment devices when the mobile device is not located within the customer premises; and initiating communication of the notification from the network server to the identified customer premises equipment devices when the mobile device is located within the customer premises.