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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:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Mustansir Banatwala, Hudson, NH (US);
David A. Brooks, Arlington, MA (US);
Maureen G. Leland, Bolton, MA (US);
Siu Y. Maffa, Boxborough, MA (US);
Scott H. Prager, Stratham, NH (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04L 63/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Sharing contact information among one or more communities or individuals in a social media environment, in one aspect, may comprise creating contact information associated with contact as social media content based on input from a first user. At least a portion of the contact information may be shared with a plurality of second users via a social media like application.