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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:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2012
Applicants:
Hai Xu, Beijing, CN;
Xiao Song, Beijing, CN;
Assignee:
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06Q 50/10 (2012.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/04 (2013.01); G06Q 10/101 (2013.01); G06Q 50/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
An approach, is presented for exchanging status updates while on and/or offline when collaborating on various activities via one or more networks. A method comprises determining one or more tasks associated with at least one collaborative activity for one or more devices participating in the at least one collaborative activity. The method also comprises determining status information for the one or more tasks with respect to the one or more devices. Further, the method also comprises causing, at least in part, an exchange of the status information among the one or more devices via at least one communication mechanism that supports offline messaging.