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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2008

Filed:

Feb. 23, 2004
Applicants:

John H. Yoakum, Cary, NC (US);

Philip Edholm, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Inventors:

John H. Yoakum, Cary, NC (US);

Philip Edholm, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Assignee:

Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 12/001 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention allows a communication client to receive a session request from a sending communication client, wherein the session request includes additional information. The additional information is processed to determine an action to take in association with the communication session to be established with the communication client. The additional information may include context indicia, which may identify an association related to the subject matter of the session, or a specific instruction to take the action in association with the communication session.


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