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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2006
David Milstein, Redmond, WA (US);
David Howell, Seattle, WA (US);
Kuansan Wang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Linda Criddle, Kirkland, WA (US);
Michael D Malueg, Renton, WA (US);
Philip Andrew Chou, Bellevue, WA (US);
Scott Forbes, Redmond, WA (US);
Timothy M Moore, Bellevue, WA (US);
David Milstein, Redmond, WA (US);
David Howell, Seattle, WA (US);
Kuansan Wang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Linda Criddle, Kirkland, WA (US);
Michael D Malueg, Renton, WA (US);
Philip Andrew Chou, Bellevue, WA (US);
Scott Forbes, Redmond, WA (US);
Timothy M Moore, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for processing contextual information relating to an exchange of a conversation over a communication channel is provided. Several users, and/or service providers are allowed to specify a set of rules relating to a conversation channel. Contextual information, including information relating to the specified set of rules and conditions of the users, is exchanged among the users and/or several service providers when one user requests to initiate a communication channel. The received contextual information is processed to extract a set of rules and the current conditions of users. If the current conditions of the users satisfy the set of rules, a corresponding communication channel is established among the users. However, additional contextual information may be received and processed whenever there is a change in the contextual information during the conversation. Appropriate actions to the existing communication channel may be determined based on the changes.