AUTOMATIC USER AVAILABILITY STATUS DETERMINATION FOR A HANDHELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method for determining the availability status of a user of a handheld communication device, the method comprising:
- checking if an interval between when the handheld device is removed from a holster and returned to the holster is less than a predetermined threshold; and
if the interval is less than the threshold, determining the availability status as Unavailable.
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Abstract
To automatically determine the availability status of the user of a handheld communication device, various selected conditions of the device may be checked, which imply whether or not the user is likely Available, or Unavailable or the equivalent. Normally, the selected conditions are checked only if the user has not explicitly or semi-explicitly set his or her status to Unavailable. The conditions to be checked can vary widely, but generally include anything from which it might be inferred or implied that the user is likely either Available or Unavailable or the equivalent. Such conditions can include, for example, whether or not a specified timeout for use of a keypad, trackwheel or other mechanical feature of the device has elapsed yet; whether or not a real-time application is in use; and preferably any one or more of a variety of other conditions, one further example being whether or not there are any unattended-to notifications such as an unanswered phone call, or a missed e-mail, SMS or other message.
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9 Claims
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1. A method for determining the availability status of a user of a handheld communication device, the method comprising:
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checking if an interval between when the handheld device is removed from a holster and returned to the holster is less than a predetermined threshold; and if the interval is less than the threshold, determining the availability status as Unavailable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A handheld communication device provided with a computer-readable medium containing instructions, which, when executed by the handheld communication device, cause the handheld communication device to perform a method for determining the availability status of a user of the device, the method comprising:
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checking if an interval between when the handheld device is removed from a holster and returned to the holster is less than a predetermined threshold; and if the interval is less than the threshold, determining the availability status as Unavailable. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for determining the availability status of a user of a handheld communication device, the method comprising:
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checking if an interval between when the handheld device is removed from a holster and returned to the holster is less than a predetermined threshold; if the interval is less than the threshold, determining the availability status as Unavailable; and communicating the availability status via a network with which the handheld communication device is in communication.
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