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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Mark Alastair Gillett, London, GB;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a first near-end terminal, the first near-end terminal being a mobile user terminal operable to establish voice or video calls with one or more far-end user terminals over a network. A detection module detects when the first near-end terminal is within a relative proximity of a second near-end terminal available to provide a call-related service in relation to one or more of the voice or video calls. A notification module outputs a notification to a user of the first near-end terminal based on said detection, notifying the user of the call-related service. In response to said detection, a configuration module is operable to store a configuration configuring the first near-end terminal as having the second near-end terminal identified for later provision of the call-related service.