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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:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2012
Applicants:
Japan A. Mehta, Coppell, TX (US);
Shafiq Kassam, Lewisville, TX (US);
Inventors:
Japan A. Mehta, Coppell, TX (US);
Shafiq Kassam, Lewisville, TX (US);
Assignee:
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/478 (2011.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/478 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04L 51/046 (2013.01); H04L 51/32 (2013.01); H04N 21/4126 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computing device may establish a connection with a user device and retrieve address book information corresponding to the user device. The address book information may include contact information corresponding to one or more individuals. The computing device may identify social network users corresponding to the address book information. Each social network user may include a subscriber to a particular network service. The computing device may create a social network based on the social network users identified.