Delivery Of A Communication Event
First Claim
1. A method of delivering selected communication events to a user terminal over a communications network, the method comprising:
- executing a communication client application in a suspended state at the user terminal;
receiving a communication event at a filtering component;
using filtering parameters at the filtering component, to determine whether the communication event is a selected communication event;
blocking the communication event at the filtering component if the communication event is not a selected communication event;
if the communication event is a selected communication event, alerting a user of the user terminal to the communication event; and
activating the communication client application to receive the communication event at the user terminal.
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Abstract
A method and communication system for delivering selected communication events to a user terminal over a communications network, and a user terminal arranged to deliver only the selected communication events to a user of the user terminal, the method comprising: executing a communication client application in a suspended state at the user terminal; receiving a communication event at a filtering component; using filtering parameters at the filtering component, to determine whether the communication event is a selected communication event; blocking the communication event at the filtering component if the communication event is not a selected communication event; if the communication event is a selected communication event, alerting a user of the user terminal to the communication event; and activating the communication client application to receive the communication event at the user terminal.
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44 Claims
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1. A method of delivering selected communication events to a user terminal over a communications network, the method comprising:
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executing a communication client application in a suspended state at the user terminal; receiving a communication event at a filtering component; using filtering parameters at the filtering component, to determine whether the communication event is a selected communication event; blocking the communication event at the filtering component if the communication event is not a selected communication event; if the communication event is a selected communication event, alerting a user of the user terminal to the communication event; and activating the communication client application to receive the communication event at the user terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A user terminal arranged to deliver only selected communication events to a user of the user terminal, the user terminal comprising:
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an input for receiving communication events; a processor for executing a communication client application which has a suspended state and an activated state, said processor arranged to execute filtering code which uses filtering parameters to determine whether a received communication event is a selected communication event and block the communication event if the communication event is not a selected communication event; and a display arranged to alert a user of the user terminal to a communication event if the communication event is a selected communication event, wherein the communication client application adopts the activated state to receive a selected communication event. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A communication system for delivering selected communication events to a user terminal over a communications network, the communication system comprising:
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a filtering component configured to receive a communication event and use filtering parameters to determine whether the communication event is a selected communication event and block the communication event at the filtering component if the communication event is not a selected communication event; and the user terminal executing a communication client application having a suspended state and an activated state, the user terminal comprising a display arranged to alert a user of the user terminal to the communication event if the communication event is a selected communication event, wherein the communication client application adopts the activated state to receive a selected communication event. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of delivering selected communication events to a user terminal over a communications network, the method comprising:
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determining characteristics of the user terminal and selecting filtering parameters in dependence on said characteristics; receiving a communication event at a filtering component; using said selected filtering parameters at the filtering component, to determine whether the communication event is a selected communication event; blocking the communication event at the filtering component if the communication event is not a selected communication event; and if the communication event is a selected communication event, alerting a user of the user terminal to the communication event. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A user terminal arranged to deliver only selected communication events to a user of the user terminal, the user terminal comprising:
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an input for receiving communication events; a processor arranged to determine characteristics of the user terminal and select filtering parameters in dependence on said characteristics, the processor further arranged to execute filtering code which uses the selected filtering parameters to determine whether a received communication event is a selected communication event and block the communication event if the communication event is not a selected communication event; and a display arranged to alert a user of the user terminal to a communication event if the communication event is a selected communication event. - View Dependent Claims (39)
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40. A communication system for delivering selected communication events to a user terminal over a communications network, the communication system comprising:
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a filtering component configured to receive a communication event and use filtering parameters, selected in dependence on characteristics of the user terminal, to determine whether the communication event is a selected communication event and block the communication event at the filtering component if the communication event is not a selected communication event; and the user terminal comprising a display arranged to alert a user of the user terminal to the communication event if the communication event is a selected communication event. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44)
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