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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. 04, 2014

Filed:

Nov. 22, 2011
Applicants:

Bhaskar R. Gudlavenkatasiva, Tampa, FL (US);

Nityanand Sharma, Tampa, FL (US);

George L. Hughes, Wesley Chapel, FL (US);

Inventors:

Bhaskar R. Gudlavenkatasiva, Tampa, FL (US);

Nityanand Sharma, Tampa, FL (US);

George L. Hughes, Wesley Chapel, FL (US);

Assignee:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/04 (2006.01); H04B 17/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04B 15/00 (2006.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); G01R 31/08 (2006.01); H04J 3/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods, devices, and storage media for tracking communications between a user and a user-selected party; obtaining communication tracking information based on the tracking, wherein the communication tracking information includes a time associated with each communication; calculating a communication gap pertaining to the user-selected party based on the communication tracking information, wherein the communication gap is a period of time that elapsed from a last communication with the other party to a current time; and providing the user with communication gap information in response to receiving a user request.


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