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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2004
Koichi Shimamura, Minato-ku, JP;
Takenori Sekiya, Minato-ku, JP;
Satoshi Nishizawa, Minato-ku, JP;
Hideaki Suga, Minato-ku, JP;
Jota Nakatsuma, Minato-ku, JP;
Hisashi Kato, Minato-ku, JP;
Yoshimi Saito, Minato-ku, JP;
Koichi Shimamura, Minato-ku, JP;
Takenori Sekiya, Minato-ku, JP;
Satoshi Nishizawa, Minato-ku, JP;
Hideaki Suga, Minato-ku, JP;
Jota Nakatsuma, Minato-ku, JP;
Hisashi Kato, Minato-ku, JP;
Yoshimi Saito, Minato-ku, JP;
Vodafone Group PLC, Newbury, Berkshire, GB;
Abstract
The presence display system of the present invention displays presences and distances between buddies. The mobile stationperforms poling to the user data sectionat predetermined time intervals, transmits location information of the mobile stationto the presence server, receives buddies state information and information indicating the proximity between the user and the buddies, and displays the presence of the buddies by means of an icon with a size that corresponds with the proximity. The buddy list servercalculates the distance between the user and the buddies from the location information of the mobile stationand the location information of the requested buddies in accordance with the poling by the mobile station, determines the proximity by comparing the distance with a threshold value that is set by the user, and transmits the proximity to the mobile station