SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING

• US 20160316063A1
• Filed: 06/30/2016
• Published: 10/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Christine Satchell
• Original Assignee: SWARM SYSTEMS PTY LTD
• Inventors: Satchell, Christine
• Granted Patent: US 10,182,157 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• 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: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/563 User guidance or feature selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services

Abstract

A communication system (1) comprising: determining means operable to determine an attribute of a communication device; identifying means operable to identify an avatar by using the attribute, wherein the avatar is such that it conveys to a viewer thereof information about a person; and communicating means operable to communicate the avatar to the communication device.

Claims

1-45. -45. (canceled)

46. An apparatus for providing communication between communication devices, the apparatus comprising:

a memory circuit configured to store executable instructions; and

a processor in data communication with the memory circuit, wherein the processor, upon executing the executable instructions, causes the apparatus to at least;

receive a request to contact a first communication device from a second communication device,

identify an association of the second communication device with either a first recipient or a second recipient based on respective attributes of the first recipient and the second recipient, the first recipient being different than the first recipient, and

select one of a first status or a second status based on the association, wherein the first status identifies the first recipient, and the second status identifies the second recipient, and the second status is different than the first status.