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Method of enabling a wireless information device to access the presence information of several entities

  • US 10,123,258 B2
  • Filed: 11/06/2006
  • Issued: 11/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, at a server, a search request from a first wireless device, the search request comprising at least one pre-defined criterion selected from pre-defined criteria displayed in one or more presence information menu lists shown on a first wireless device;

    performing, at the server, a search, based on the search request, of one or more data stores for entities having presence information matching the at least one pre-defined criterion;

    providing, from the server, a search result of one or more resulting entities having presence information matching the at least one pre-defined criterion to said first wireless device;

    logging, at the server, an identification and the search request of the first wireless device from which the search request is received to maintain an audit trail of search requests, including automatic denials to search requests from pre-defined categories of entities; and

    sending, from the server, the identification of the first wireless device and the search request to each of the resulting entities having presence information matching the at least one pre-defined criterion of the search request,wherein, in addition to the at least one pre-defined criterion, the search request comprises one or more free scripted queries to be interpreted by a search engine using artificial intelligence.

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