Scheduling trigger apparatus and method

摘要

A method of alerting a user of a scheduled event on a network includes transmitting a promotion to a first consumer premises equipment (“CPE”), the promotion being associated with event scheduling metadata, and causing the event scheduling metadata to be transmitted from the first CPE to a second CPE based on a selection of the promotion at the first CPE. The method further includes causing a reminder message to be transmitted from the second CPE to the first CPE based on the event scheduling metadata.

主权项

1. A method of alerting a user of a scheduled event on a network, the method comprising:
transmitting a promotion to a first consumer premises equipment (“CPE”), the promotion being associated with event scheduling metadata; causing the event scheduling metadata to be transmitted from the first CPE to a second CPE based on a selection of the promotion at the first CPE; causing a reminder message to be transmitted from the second CPE to the first CPE based on the event scheduling metadata; when programming media content associated with the promotion conflicts with at least one other scheduled content, prompting the user to select only one of the programming media content and the at least one other scheduled content for viewing; and causing the selected one of the programming media content and the at least one other scheduled content to be automatically transmitted to the second CPE from the network, and an unselected one to be automatically transmitted to the first CPE from the network.