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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2015
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Onur Cinar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vijay Chandrasekaran, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Daniel James Chastney, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A user terminal associated with a first user, the user terminal comprising a communication client application for managing communications with at least one further user terminal over a first network, the communication client application being configured to: determine with respect to at least one incoming call whether a further user terminal at the call origin point comprises the communication client application; and manage the reception of the call based on the determination of whether the further user terminal at the call origin point comprises the communication client application.