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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:
Jan. 09, 2007
Filed:
May. 10, 2001
Applicants:
Andrew N Harker, Bishops Stortford, GB;
Alan Wilkinson, Saffron Walden, GB;
Inventors:
Andrew N Harker, Bishops Stortford, GB;
Alan Wilkinson, Saffron Walden, GB;
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited, , CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A presence systemmanages communications in a networkbetween initiating partiesand recipient parties. The systemhas a databasestoring entries each relating to recipient parties. Each entry is stored according to a unique identifier assigned to the corresponding recipient partyand includes at least one rule specifying the manner of communications between the corresponding recipient partyand an initiating party