Integrating telephony applications and television broadcasts on a multimedia device

摘要

Systems and methods for integrating telephony and multimedia content include concurrently displaying a graphical user interface and a video channel of a media broadcast on a screen of a multimedia device. The graphical user interface has a graphical element by which an end-user of the multimedia device can select execution of an interactive application that invokes a telephony service. In response to a selection of the interactive application by the end-user, a message is sent to a networked resource requesting the telephony service. The requested telephony service can be to ignore, reject, or forward the incoming telephone call. Alternatively, the requested telephony service can be a click-to-call. Other interactive applications can request access to an address book, acquire presence information, or request an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed.

主权项

1. A method for integrating networked resource services and multimedia services, the method comprising:
concurrently displaying on a screen of a multimedia device a video channel of a media broadcast and a graphical user interface having a plurality of graphical elements by which an end-user of the multimedia device can interact with a plurality of interactive applications that are each associated with a different networked resource, wherein the multimedia device stores different protocol messages for interacting with the different networked resources; receiving end-user input for interacting with one of the graphical elements; communicating at least one protocol message to interact with the associated networked resource based on the received end-user input, wherein the protocol message is communicated to a server that includes a plurality of application services, each of which corresponds with and supports a respective one of the interactive applications; and controlling the multimedia device based on a response to the at least one protocol message from the networked resource.