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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth Philip Greene, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/00 ;
Abstract
In an Internet system having instant message capability each of the plurality of users is provided with a wired or wireless device. The wireless device transmits location data indicating its location or status update messages based on its location to an instant message server. In this invention a wireless device or server associates the location data with status update messages indicating the status and/or location of the users carrying the wireless devices in accordance with the received location information. The instant messages are then transmitted by the instant message server to other users of the instant message system.
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