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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2009
Daniel J. Butterfield, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Tsz S. Cheng, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
Gregory P. Fitzpatrick, Keller, TX (US);
Daniel J. Butterfield, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Tsz S. Cheng, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
Gregory P. Fitzpatrick, Keller, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A communication attempt directed towards a recipient device can be identified. At least one proximate device geographically proximate to the recipient device can be automatically detected. Responsive to the determining of the proximate devices, a digitally encoded message can be wirelessly conveyed to one or more of the determined proximate devices. In various embodiments the message can be a text message, an instant message, and/or a voice message. The digitally encoded message can direct a user of the proximate device to inform a user of the recipient device of the communication attempt.