Apparatus, systems and methods to communicate received commands from a receiving device to a mobile device

摘要

A receiving device embodiment receives a user command from an external source. The user command is directed to a remote target destination. A first interactive programming command communicator embodiment generates a mobile device command from the received user command, and communicates the mobile device command to a mobile device. A second interactive programming command communicator embodiment receives the mobile device command from the receiving device. A target destination is identified from information in the mobile device command, and information from the mobile device command is communicated to the target destination.

主权项

1. A method to wirelessly communicate commands with a mobile device, comprising:
receiving a mobile device command from a set top box, the set top box actively processing and presenting audio/visual programming content, wherein the received mobile device command includes at least one image from a stream of audio/visual programming content presented by the and a text-based phrase selected from a plurality of text-based phrases pre-stored in the mobile device, the text-based phrase associated with the audio/visual programming content, the stream having been modified by at least forwarding or reversing the presentation of the stream or wherein the received mobile device command includes a clip of audio/visual programming from the stream of audio/visual programming content presented by the set top box and a text-based message written by a first user; automatically acknowledging receipt of the mobile device command to the set top box; identifying a target destination from information in the mobile device command, the target destination including account information associated with a second user; forming a short message service (SMS) message that includes both text-based message information from the mobile device command and audio/visual programming information from the mobile device command; and communicating the SMS message from the mobile device to the target destination.