Patent application number | Description | Published |
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20100098105 | Scheduling Policy and Quality of Service Through the Presence Access Layer - A method for specifying a level of Quality of Service (QoS) for a transmission of presence information to a watcher is provided. The method includes a Presence Access Layer (PAL) specifying the level of QoS for the transmission, and the PAL providing the presence information to the watcher using the specified level of QoS. | 04-22-2010 |
20100099387 | Controlling and/or Limiting Publication Through the Presence Access Layer - A method for managing presence information sent from a presentity to a watcher is provided. The method includes the watcher providing watcher information to a presence aspect layer. The method further includes the presence aspect layer determining a manner for providing the presence information to the watcher based on an analysis of the watcher information. | 04-22-2010 |
20110279323 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCATION INFORMATION ON MOBILE DEVICES - A system and method for activating a GPS receiver or a WiFi receiver on a mobile device may be provided, which comprises determining an approximate location of the mobile device. The approximate location of the mobile device may be determined using cell tower location information. If the approximate location of the mobile device is within a predetermined distance from a desired location, or is “close enough”, then the GPS receiver or the WiFi receiver is activated. The GPS receiver or the WiFi receiver is activated to determine a more accurate location of the mobile device. The approximate and the more accurate location information may be exchanged with another mobile device to allow the user to find one another. | 11-17-2011 |
20120059787 | Dynamically Manipulating An Emoticon or Avatar - Graphical user representations, such as emoticons or avatars, used to convey mood and emotion, can be dynamically modified and manipulated, e.g. by squeezing, rotating, distorting, colouring, etc. This enables a user to customize or tailor an existing emoticon to better reflect the user's current mood or emotion. For example, a user may insert a smiley face emoticon | 03-08-2012 |
20120136949 | System and Method for Enabling Applications to Communicate Using a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) System - A method and system are provided for enabling applications on a mobile device to utilize a peer-to-peer platform on the mobile device. The method comprises providing an interface between an application and a peer-to-peer (P2P) platform on the mobile device; obtaining data from the application; using the P2P platform to include the data from the application in a P2P message; and sending the P2P message to another mobile device to enable a complementary application on the other mobile device to utilize the data from the application. | 05-31-2012 |
20130036184 | System and Method for Providing Time Zone as Instant Messaging Presence - A system and method are provided to obtain and use time zone information as presence in instant messaging. The time zone information is obtained by a user's mobile device and is sent to other mobile devices corresponding to the user's contacts. The time zone information of a contact may be displayed on the user's IM application, including the contact list and instant messaging conversation window. The location of the mobile device may also be provided. The user uses the time zone and location information to discern the status of a contact. Rule-based decisions that rely on the time zone information are also used to affect the operation of the instant messaging application. | 02-07-2013 |
20140022127 | System and Method for Providing Location Information on Mobile Devices - A system and method for activating a GPS receiver or a WiFi receiver on a mobile device may be provided, which comprises determining an approximate location of the mobile device. The approximate location of the mobile device may be determined using cell tower location information. If the approximate location of the mobile device is within a predetermined distance from a desired location, or is “close enough”, then the GPS receiver or the WiFi receiver is activated. The GPS receiver or the WiFi receiver is activated to determine a more accurate location of the mobile device. The approximate and the more accurate location information may be exchanged with another mobile device to allow the user to find one another. | 01-23-2014 |
20140082363 | AUTOMATIC USER AUTHENTICATION AND IDENTIFICATION FOR MOBILE INSTANT MESSAGING APPLICATION - Automatic identification and authentication of a user of a mobile application entails receiving from the wireless communications device a unique device identifier and an e-mail address corresponding to the wireless communications device, associating a registration identifier with the unique device identifier and the e-mail address, generating an authentication token, and communicating the authentication token and the registration identifier to the wireless communications device. | 03-20-2014 |
20140250504 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VALIDATING A USER OF AN ACCOUNT FOR A WIRELESS DEVICE - The disclosure provides a system and method of authenticating a user to a network. For the method, if a request for a resource initiated by the device is related to a restricted resource, then the method: redirects the request to the authentication server; initiates an authentication process at the server to request a user account and a password from the device to authenticate the device if it has not been authenticated; automatically provides the device with access to the restricted resource if the device previously had been authenticated to access the restricted resource; and provides a signal to the device indicating whether it has been authenticated to allow the device to update its graphical user interface to indicate an access status for the restricted resource. If the request relates to a non-restricted resource, then the method automatically provides the device with access to the non-restricted resource. | 09-04-2014 |
20140289347 | System and Method for Enabling Applications to Communicate Using a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) System - A method and system are provided for enabling applications on a mobile device to utilize a peer-to-peer platform on the mobile device. The method comprises providing an interface between an application and a peer-to-peer (P2P) platform on the mobile device; obtaining data from the application; using the P2P platform to include the data from the application in a P2P message; and sending the P2P message to another mobile device to enable a complementary application on the other mobile device to utilize the data from the application. | 09-25-2014 |