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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:
Mar. 26, 2013

Filed:

Apr. 05, 2007
Applicants:

Mark Wuthnow, Austin, TX (US);

Jasminka Dizdarevic, Austin, TX (US);

Matthew Wayne Stafford, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Mark Wuthnow, Austin, TX (US);

Jasminka Dizdarevic, Austin, TX (US);

Matthew Wayne Stafford, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/42 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting the availability of common features (e.g. device functions and/or subscription plan features) associated with two or more communication devices, and indicating commonly supported features to at least one of the two communication devices. Disclosed systems can include components that can audit communication devices and communication networks to determine features supported by a communication, and components that can selectively mask unsupported features and/or reveal supported features.


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