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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:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Bce Inc., Verdun, CA;
Inventors:
Stephane Maxime Francois Fortier, Breakeyville, CA;
Sean Maclean Murray, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
BCE Inc., Montreal, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/04 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); H04L 12/581 (2013.01); H04L 12/5875 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method comprising: providing a first client of an instant messaging service, the first client enabling a data service; receiving a request for the data service from a second client of the instant messaging service; and rendering client-controlled information regarding the first client available for persistent conveyance to the second client, the client-controlled information regarding the first client including data related to the data service. This allows a user associated with the second client to become aware of the data in a non-intrusive manner.