Managing Web Services Data and Presence Data

• US 20140149508A1
• Filed: 04/22/2013
• Published: 05/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Middleton, Justin, Ranous, Alex
• Granted Patent: US 9,264,488 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/567 Integrating service provisioning from a plurality of service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/655 Combination of telephone service and social networking messaging within social networks H04L51/52
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42365 Presence services providing information on the willingness to communicate or the ability to communicate in terms of media capability or network connectivity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

Interfacing a wireless device with web services, including social networking web services, is described. For example, a system for interfacing a wireless device with a plurality of web services comprises a web service proxy having an API to allow other modules to interface with the web service proxy; a plurality of web services adapters interfaced with the web services proxy through the API, each one of the web services adapters configured to communicate with a particular web service using the specific communication formats for the web service; where the web services adapters and the web services proxy convert between the communication formats employed to communicate with each of the web services and a wireless communication format, the wireless communication format being a different format than the communication formats for each of the web services, thereby enabling bi-directional communication between the wireless device and the plurality of web services.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A method, comprising:

maintaining a unified compilation of social networking data from multiple social networking sites for multiple users;

maintaining presence data of the multiple users;

receiving a request, from a first computing device, for users matching a specified criteria associated with the unified compilation of the social networking data and the presence data;

detecting that a second computing device, associated with a user matching the specified criteria, is within proximity to the first computing device; and

notifying the first computing device that the user matching the specified criteria is within proximity to the first computing device.

22. The method as recited in claim 21, further comprising notifying the second computing device of the proximity of the first computing device.

23. The method as recited in claim 21, further comprising providing the first computing device with an option to contact the second computing device through a communication channel.

24. The method as recited in claim 21, further comprising:

determining whether the second communication device is configured to be contacted by computing devices within proximity to the second computing device; and

providing the first computing device with an option to contact the second computing device through a communication channel if the second computing device is configured to be contacted by computing devices within proximity to the second computing device;

or

not providing the first computing device with the option to contact the second computing device through the communication channel if the second computing device is configured to not be contacted by computing devices within proximity to the second computing device.

25. The method as recited in claim 21, further comprising providing the first computing device with an option to contact the second computing device via a phone call.

26. The method as recited in claim 21, further comprising providing the first computing device with an option to contact the second computing device via one or more of an instant messaging channel, an email messaging channel, or a text messaging channel.

27. The method as recited in claim 21, further comprising automatically initiating a connection of the first computing device to the second computing device through a communication channel.

28. One or more computer-readable storage media comprising instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by a processor, perform a method comprising:

generating a unified compilation of social networking data from multiple social networking sites for multiple users;

collecting presence data of the multiple users;

receiving a request, from a first computing device, for users matching a specified criteria associated with the unified compilation of the social networking data and the presence data;

detecting that a second computing device, associated with a user matching the specified criteria, is within proximity to the first computing device; and

notifying the first computing device that the user matching the specified criteria is within proximity to the first computing device.

29. The one or more computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 28, further comprising additional instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by the processor, perform a method further comprising notifying the second computing device of the proximity of the first computing device.

30. The one or more computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 28, further comprising additional instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by the processor, perform a method further comprising providing the first computing device with an option to contact the second computing device through a communication channel.

31. The one or more computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 28, further comprising additional instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by the processor, perform a method further comprising:

determining whether the second communication device is configured to be contacted by computing devices within proximity to the second computing device; and

providing the first computing device with an option to contact the second computing device through a communication channel if the second computing device is configured to be contacted by computing devices within proximity to the second computing device;

or

not providing the first computing device with the option to contact the second computing device through the communication channel if the second computing device is configured to not be contacted by computing devices within proximity to the second computing device.

32. The one or more computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 28, further comprising additional instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by the processor, perform a method further comprising providing the first computing device with an option to contact the second computing device via a phone call.

33. The one or more computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 28, further comprising additional instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by the processor, perform a method further comprising providing the first computing device with an option to contact the second computing device via one or more of an instant messaging channel, an email messaging channel, or a text messaging channel.

34. The one or more computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 28, further comprising additional instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by the processor, perform a method further comprising automatically initiating a connection of the first computing device to the second computing device through a communication channel.

35. A computing system comprising:

one or more processing devices; and

memory storing program instructions executable via the one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising;

generating a unified compilation of social networking data from multiple social networking sites for multiple users;

collecting presence data of the multiple users;

receiving a request, from a first computing device, for users matching a specified criteria associated with the unified compilation of the social networking data and the presence data;

detecting that a second computing device, associated with a user matching the specified criteria, is within proximity to the first computing device; and

notifying the first computing device that the user matching the specified criteria is within proximity to the first computing device.

36. The computing system as recited in claim 35, wherein the program instructions are executable via the one or more processing devices to perform operations further comprising notifying the second computing device of the proximity of the first computing device.

37. The computing system as recited in claim 35, wherein the program instructions are executable via the one or more processing devices to perform operations further comprising providing the first computing device with an option to contact the second computing device through a communication channel.

38. The computing system as recited in claim 35, wherein the program instructions are executable via the one or more processing devices to perform operations further comprising providing the first computing device with an option to contact the second computing device via a phone call.

39. The computing system as recited in claim 35, wherein the program instructions are executable via the one or more processing devices to perform operations further comprising providing the first computing device with an option to contact the second computing device via one or more of an instant messaging channel, an email messaging channel, or a text messaging channel.

40. The computing system as recited in claim 35, wherein the program instructions are executable via the one or more processing devices to perform operations further comprising automatically initiating a connection of the first computing device to the second computing device through a communication channel.