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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2010
Applicant:
Hugh Svendsen, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Inventor:
Hugh Svendsen, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Assignee:
Modena Enterprises, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04L 51/043 (2013.01); H04L 51/30 (2013.01); H04L 67/24 (2013.01); H04L 67/28 (2013.01); H04L 51/20 (2013.01); H04L 51/38 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for determining the availability of a communication device. According to embodiments, a method may include receiving, via a network, first availability information from a first communication device and receiving second availability information from a second communication device. The method further includes determining an estimate of common coverage by comparing the first availability information with the second availability information and transmitting the estimate of common coverage to at least one of the first communication device and the second communication device.