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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2005
Jeffrey L. Pulver, Great Neck, NY (US);
Carl S. Ford, Fairlawn, NJ (US);
Edward T. Guy, Iii, Chatham, NJ (US);
James E. Toga, Wayland, MA (US);
Jeffrey L. Pulver, Great Neck, NY (US);
Carl S. Ford, Fairlawn, NJ (US);
Edward T. Guy, III, Chatham, NJ (US);
James E. Toga, Wayland, MA (US);
Pulver.com, Melville, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for telecommunications operations and controls include (1) an enhanced text message process or methodology that allows a remote user who does not have, already installed, a specialized voice telephony program to nevertheless place and participate in a voice call, (2) call admission control using a 'degrees of separation' metric, (3) real time controlled sharing of contact (buddy) lists, (4) multi-service instance messaging conferences, and (5) 'meta buddies' or buddy lists that can be automatically imported and made part of a user's own buddy list.