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Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 23, 2012
Applicants:

Sankar Sreenivasan, Bolingbrook, IL (US);

Venkat Gopikanth, Long Grove, IL (US);

Inventors:

Sankar Sreenivasan, Bolingbrook, IL (US);

Venkat Gopikanth, Long Grove, IL (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04L 12/1813 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an embodiment, method(s) and system(s) for providing ephemeral communication is described herein. In an implementation, the method may include determining one or more request keywords associated with a request received from a requesting terminal. The request may be intended for initiating communication. The method may further include transmitting, based on the one or more request keywords, a notification to each of a plurality of target terminals over a communication network for joining a communication group. The method may also include initiating the communication between the requesting terminal and at least one target terminal from the plurality of target terminals. The communication may be initiated upon receiving an acceptance notification from the at least one target terminal to join the communication group.


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