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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:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Adriel Frederick, San Francisco, CA (US);
Antony Fu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Martin Rehwald, Mountain View, CA (US);
Denise Moreno, San Jose, CA (US);
Surendra Gadodia, Arcadia, CA (US);
Assignee:
FACEBOOK, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04W 4/14 (2009.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/06 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04L 51/04 (2013.01); H04L 51/32 (2013.01); H04L 67/22 (2013.01); H04M 3/42365 (2013.01); H04W 4/14 (2013.01); H04L 51/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques for determining and communicating presence are described. An apparatus may comprise a presence component and a display component. The presence component may be operative to determine whether a first user is present to receive short message service (SMS) messages on a mobile device. The display component may be operative to indicate to a second user whether the first user is present to receive SMS messages on the mobile device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.