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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2009
Shen-yuan Michael Yap, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Michael Colbert, Debary, FL (US);
Shen-Yuan Michael Yap, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Michael Colbert, Debary, FL (US);
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A method and system of establishing calling preferences for a user are provided. The method includes: defining a user profile containing an association between the user and two or more communication devices, each device having an associated device type; assigning the user to at least one group; obtaining group preferences associated with one or more of the user's groups; determining user preferences for the user based on the group preferences and the device types of the communication devices associated with the user; and storing the user specific preferences in a user profile associated with the user.