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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2019
Applicant:
Ipventure, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
C. Douglass Thomas, Saratoga, CA (US);
Peter P. Tong, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
IpVenture, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/14 (2009.01); H04M 1/72484 (2021.01); H04M 3/436 (2006.01); H04W 4/16 (2009.01); H04M 1/72436 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/72484 (2021.01); H04M 1/72436 (2021.01); H04M 3/436 (2013.01); H04W 4/16 (2013.01); H04M 2201/60 (2013.01); H04M 2203/2011 (2013.01); H04M 2203/651 (2013.01); H04M 2207/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
Improved approaches for users of electronic devices to communicate with one another are disclosed. The electronic devices have audio and/or textual output capabilities. The improved approaches can enable users to communicate in different ways depending on device configuration, user preferences, prior history, etc. In one embodiment, the communication between users is achieved by short audio or textual messages.