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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2012
Satyanarayanan Ramaswamy, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jose Paul Puthenkulam, Beaverton, OR (US);
Nixon Pallickal Xavier, Portland, OR (US);
Pankaj Mhatre, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Manoj Sreedharan, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Satyanarayanan Ramaswamy, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jose Paul Puthenkulam, Beaverton, OR (US);
Nixon Pallickal Xavier, Portland, OR (US);
Pankaj Mhatre, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Manoj Sreedharan, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Tata Consultancy Services Limited, Maharashtra, IN;
Abstract
The present application provides a PeopleFinder system, a related method and a PeopleFinder device for enabling smart and more efficient contacting for enterprise professionals. The present application enables building a multi-stage search query with one or more combinations of possible search fields in a contact record or resource information records such as conference rooms, special purpose rooms, copiers or printers, and the like. Upon retrieving the search results from a server that is connected to an enterprise directory server the search results are presented on a mobile device along with adaptation of the results using location information. The invention enables the search results to display enterprise contact or resource records based on employees or resources that may be near the user performing the search.