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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2012
Stuart J. Levinson, Boston, MA (US);
Riley W. Crane, Boston, MA (US);
Sean Johnson, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Brian F. Buschmann, Fiesole, IT;
James M. Byrum, San Francisco, CA (US);
Santhosh Balasubramanian, Pasadena, CA (US);
Nathan Zorn, Mount Pleasant, SC (US);
Stuart J. Levinson, Boston, MA (US);
Riley W. Crane, Boston, MA (US);
Sean Johnson, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Brian F. Buschmann, Fiesole, IT;
James M. Byrum, San Francisco, CA (US);
Santhosh Balasubramanian, Pasadena, CA (US);
Nathan Zorn, Mount Pleasant, SC (US);
PATH MOBILE INC PTE. LTD., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
Systems and methods for determining status of a user in a brokered chat service are disclosed. In one example, the method comprises acts of receiving, via the brokered chat service, a check-in message from the user, establishing the status of the user as available in the brokered chat service, transmitting at least one message to the user via the brokered chat service in response to establishing the status of the user as available, and updating the status of the user in the brokered chat service in response to communication from the user.