Method and apparatus for displaying a social networking status message on a dialing phone
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1. A method comprising:
- identifying when a call to a callee has been initiated by a system;
obtaining status information associated with the callee when the call is identified as being initiated, wherein obtaining the status information associated with the callee includes identifying a caller associated with the system and determining whether the caller is authorized to access the status information, the status information being obtained when the caller is authorized to access the status information, and wherein the status information includes a first status and a second status;
determining whether to display the first status or the second status on the system, wherein determining whether to display the first status or the second status on the system includes applying a policy to determine whether to display the first status or the second status, the policy being at least one selected from the group including a time-based metric and a keyword-based metric, and wherein the policy is a time-based metric and determining whether to display the first status or the second status includes determining whether the first status is more recent than the second status; and
displaying the status information on the system.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes identifying when a call to a callee has been initiated by a system. Once the call is identified as being initiated, status information associated with the callee is obtained. The status information is then displayed on the system.
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1. A method comprising:
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identifying when a call to a callee has been initiated by a system; obtaining status information associated with the callee when the call is identified as being initiated, wherein obtaining the status information associated with the callee includes identifying a caller associated with the system and determining whether the caller is authorized to access the status information, the status information being obtained when the caller is authorized to access the status information, and wherein the status information includes a first status and a second status; determining whether to display the first status or the second status on the system, wherein determining whether to display the first status or the second status on the system includes applying a policy to determine whether to display the first status or the second status, the policy being at least one selected from the group including a time-based metric and a keyword-based metric, and wherein the policy is a time-based metric and determining whether to display the first status or the second status includes determining whether the first status is more recent than the second status; and displaying the status information on the system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer program code, the computer program code, when executed, configured to:
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identify when a call to a callee has been initiated by a system; obtain status information associated with the callee when the call is identified as being initiated, wherein the computer program code configured to obtain the status information associated with the callee is configured to identify a caller associated with the system and to determine whether the caller is authorized to access the status information, the status information being obtained when the caller is authorized to access the status information, and wherein the status information includes a first status and a second status; determine whether to display the first status or the second status on the system, wherein the computer program code configured to determine whether to display the first status or the second status on the system is configured to apply a policy to determine whether to display the first status or the second status, the policy being at least one selected from the group including a time-based metric and a keyword-based metric, and wherein the policy is a time-based metric and the computer program code configured to determine whether to display the first status or the second status is configured to determine whether the first status is more recent than the second status; and display the status information on the system. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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