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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:
Aug. 04, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 18, 2003
Applicants:

Mitchell Chapin Green, Boulder, CO (US);

Roger Chickering, Gramte Bay, CA (US);

David Gang, Oakton, VA (US);

Inventors:

Mitchell Chapin Green, Boulder, CO (US);

Roger Chickering, Gramte Bay, CA (US);

David Gang, Oakton, VA (US);

Assignee:

AOL Inc., Dulles, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/581 (2013.01); G06Q 10/107 (2013.01); H04L 51/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A graphical user interface between a user of a computer service and the computer service includes a list of other users of the computer service selected by the user as significant to the user and an icon associated with one of the other listed users indicating that a communication has occurred between the user and the other user.


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