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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:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
May. 01, 2004
Kevin R. Moore, Seattle, WA (US);
Peyman Oreizy, Kirkland, WA (US);
Sean O. Blagsvedt, Seattle, WA (US);
Melissa W. Dunn, Woodinville, WA (US);
Arvind Kumar, Redmond, WA (US);
Marcus S. H. Harvey, Seattle, WA (US);
Kevin R. Moore, Seattle, WA (US);
Peyman Oreizy, Kirkland, WA (US);
Sean O. Blagsvedt, Seattle, WA (US);
Melissa W. Dunn, Woodinville, WA (US);
Arvind Kumar, Redmond, WA (US);
Marcus S. H. Harvey, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and method is provided for publication and discovery of the presence of nearby users on a network. When the system is enabled, the presence of the local user is published on the network. Nearby users that also have a similar system enabled can discover the local user's presence on the network. Furthermore, the local user may discovery the presence of the other nearby users that are currently publishing their presence on the network.