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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2006
Matthew Wayne Stafford, Austin, TX (US);
Mark Steven Wuthnow, Austin, TX (US);
William Patrick Coan, Monroe, WA (US);
Matthew Wayne Stafford, Austin, TX (US);
Mark Steven Wuthnow, Austin, TX (US);
William Patrick Coan, Monroe, WA (US);
AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for initiating communications between a first wireless device and a second wireless device. The method includes the steps of detecting the status of the first wireless device, notifying the second wireless device via a scrolling ticker message based on the detecting step and establishing a communication session between the first and second wireless devices. The detecting step includes generating an alert based on a predefined event. The system for establishing a communication path between a first mobile device and a second mobile device includes an IMS core, a presence server communicatively coupled to the IMS core and in communication with the first mobile device, a scrolling ticker server in communication with the presence server and with the second mobile device, wherein the presence server communicates availability of the first mobile device and the scrolling ticker notifies the second mobile device of the availability of the first mobile device.