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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2009
Sean M. Ginevan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jesse W. Lindeman, San Jose, CA (US);
Jameson F. Blandford, Mountain View, CA (US);
Alan S. Cohen, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Sean M. Ginevan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jesse W. Lindeman, San Jose, CA (US);
Jameson F. Blandford, Mountain View, CA (US);
Alan S. Cohen, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for communicating information includes ranking, by a central processing server, one or more available communication modes according to a context of a recipient of a communication and one or more rules. The ranked available communication modes may be communicated to a sender of the communication. The context of the recipient corresponds to the availability of the recipient and/or the location of the recipient. The available communication modes correspond to capabilities associated with devices that are in proximity with the recipient. Whether devices are in proximity with the recipient is accomplished by locating the devices via a device location server. The communication modes may be ranked according to a cost and/or appropriateness of the available communication modes.