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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 04, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Adam D. Braham, Rochester, MN (US);

Jason A. Nikolai, Rochester, MN (US);

John M. Santosuosso, Rochester, MN (US);

Jeffrey A. Schmidt, Rochester, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/23 (2018.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/23 (2018.02); H04L 67/18 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provides methods, computer program products, and a system for determining a set of potential responders to alert a second party regarding an urgent communication. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to determine if a missed communication placed by a first party to a second party is an urgent communication. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to determine a set of potential responders based, at least in part, on a variety of possible locations of a communication device belonging to the second party.


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