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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2001
Davide Mandato, Fellbach, DE;
Ernö Kovacs, Stuttgart, DE;
Davide Mandato, Fellbach, DE;
Ernö Kovacs, Stuttgart, DE;
Sony Deutschland GmbH, Berlin, DE;
Abstract
The invention generally related to the field of mobile multimedia middle-ware, computer networking, distributed processing systems, data bases, hand-held computers and wireless communication. A method for conveniently managing user profile information in an unified instant messaging system () is proposed. This method operates on a data base structure, which accommodates in a flexible way subscribers' information. More specifically, this method takes into account the mutable characteristics of the environment where subscribers' devices () are operating: subscribers can in fact freely modify their personal user profiles () as situations change and/or as they move to different geographical locations.