At&t Intellectual Property I, LP

Jing Chen

Stephanie Parlamas

Feza Buyukdura

Dwayne Crawford

Sergio Kadi

In compliance with regulatory requirements imposed on multicarrier wired/wireless network carriers, the disclosed system receives input representing a selection of a street address to be used as a current location associated with a user identity. The system determines an expiration date associated with the street address, designates the street address as a validated emergency contact location for the user identity in response to determining that the expiration date associated with the street address has not expired. The system thereafter permits the establishment of communications between the system and a disparate wireless network device associated with a multicarrier wireless network.

Reducing provider costs related to E911 service

Exemplary embodiments relate to methods and computer program products for the presentation and selection of preset instant messaging responses in an IPTV environment. The method comprises respectively associating each of a plurality of predetermined keywords with at least one content-specific reply message, respectively associating each of the plurality of keywords with at least one content-specific graphic icon, and respectively associating each of a plurality of graphic icons with at least one content-specific reply message. The method also comprises receiving an instant message, determining if a predetermined keyword is comprised within the received instant message, and displaying the received instant message. Yet further, the method comprises creating an instant message reply to the received instant message, and transmitting the instant message reply to the remote communication device.

Methods and computer program products for creating preset instant message responses for instant messages received at an IPTV

Displaying an instant messaging (IM) presence indicator for each of a plurality of devices associated with a first user, wherein the plurality of devices include a first device representing a first type of instant messaging device and second device representing a second type of instant messaging device. Presence information is acquired for the first and second devices. A first device type identifier is associated with a first activation/deactivation flag indicative of whether or not the first device is activated to receive incoming instant messages, and a second device type identifier is associated with a second activation/deactivation flag indicative of whether or not the second device is activated to receive instant messages. The device type identifiers and activation/deactivation flags are transmitted to a third device associated with a second user for display on the third device.

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Alpharetta, GA, United States of America

Jing Chen