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Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 06, 2017
Applicant:

Swisscom Ag, Bern, CH;

Inventor:

Tim Carr, Effretikon, CH;

Assignee:

SWISSCOM AG, Bern, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); G06F 17/27 (2006.01); G06K 9/18 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/043 (2013.01); G06F 17/278 (2013.01); G06K 9/18 (2013.01); G06K 9/46 (2013.01); G06Q 10/107 (2013.01); H04L 67/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for obtaining status information associated with a person or an entity and performing actions based on the status information. An indication of the person or the entity may be detected in an output of an electronic device, and status information associated with the person or the entity may be determined, with the status information comprising an indication of accessibility of the person or the entity. The status information may be provided to a user via the electronic device, and based on user input that is responsive to providing the status information, one or more actions relating to the person or the entity may be performed. The one or more actions may comprise initiating in response to the user input and based on the status information, a communication session, to provide connectivity with the person or the entity.


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