Method and apparatus for presence indication of cellular telephones
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1. A telecommunications system, comprising:
- a plurality of cellular telephone networks; and
a presence server configured to receive cellular telephone network registration information from presence clients and provide cellular telephone network identification indicia to others of said presence clients, wherein each presence client being provided said indicia for one or more other said presence clients is provided with an indication whether each said one or more other presence clients is on the same cellular telephone network prior to calling each other one or more other presence client.
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Abstract
A telecommunications system includes a plurality of cellular telephone networks; a presence server configured to receive cellular telephone network registration information from presence clients and provide cellular telephone network identification indicia to others of said presence clients.
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20 Claims
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1. A telecommunications system, comprising:
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a plurality of cellular telephone networks; and a presence server configured to receive cellular telephone network registration information from presence clients and provide cellular telephone network identification indicia to others of said presence clients, wherein each presence client being provided said indicia for one or more other said presence clients is provided with an indication whether each said one or more other presence clients is on the same cellular telephone network prior to calling each other one or more other presence client. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 17, 20)
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4. A telecommunications method, comprising:
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registering a user with a presence service, said presence service having a plurality of registered users; associating a cellular telephone network with said user, said cellular telephone network being one of a plurality of cellular telephone networks, at least two of said cellular telephone networks having associated users registered with said presence service; and providing an indication to said user in conjunction with presence information if another user of said plurality of registered users is associated with the same cellular telephone network prior to said user calling each other user. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 18)
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8. A telecommunications system, comprising:
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an instant messaging service including a presence service for monitoring an online status of a plurality of users, said instant messaging service configured to maintain a database, said database associating one or more of a plurality of cellular telephone networks with individual ones of said plurality of users, at least two of said individual ones being associated with different cellular telephone networks; and a plurality of instant messaging clients configured to display online status, online status including associated cellular telephone networks of said plurality of users received from said presence service. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A telecommunications method, comprising:
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assigning one common color code indicia to each user associated with the same cellular telephone network of a plurality of cellular telephone networks, said each user being one of a plurality of users, at least two of said plurality of users being associated with two different ones of said plurality of cellular telephone networks; and transmitting said color code indicia to users of a presence service, wherein each user is selectively apprised by said color code indicia whether others of said plurality of users are on the same cellular telephone network prior to calling each other listed user.
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14. A method, comprising:
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providing a plurality of cellular telephone networks; and providing a presence server, at least one user registered with each cellular telephone network of said plurality of cellular telephone networks being a client of said presence server, said presence server configured to receive cellular telephone network registration information from presence clients and provide cellular telephone network identification indicia to others of said presence clients, wherein said presence server selectively provides each presence client with an indication whether each other presence client is on the same cellular telephone network prior to said each presence client calling any said other presence client. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 19)
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