METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF PROVIDING STATUS MESSAGE CALLING FEATURES

• US 20080167019A1
• Filed: 11/30/2007
• Published: 07/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Guedalia, Issac David, Guedalia, Jacob
• Granted Patent: US 9,232,076 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42068 where the identifier is used to access a profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42093 Notifying the calling party of information on the called or connected party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4365 based on information specified by the calling party, e.g. priority or subject
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/006 with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

Abstract

In an embodiment, a method of providing a status message may include receiving, from a mobile device one or more status messages, wherein each status message corresponds to one or more contacts in an address book, storing the status messages and corresponding one or more contacts, transmitting one of the status messages to a mobile device associated with one of the one or more contacts, wherein the status message is displayed on the associated mobile device and integrating the status message into an address book associated with the contact.

Claims

1. A method of providing a status message, the method comprising;

receiving, from a mobile device, one or more status messages, wherein each status message corresponds to one or more contacts in an address book;

storing the status messages and corresponding one or more contacts;

transmitting one of the status messages to a mobile device associated with one of the one or more contacts, wherein the status message is displayed on the associated mobile device; and

integrating the status message into an address book associated with the contact.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving one or more status messages comprises receiving a status message associated with a contact group.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting one of the status messages comprises:

determining the contacts corresponding to the status message;

identifying one or more mobile devices associated with the corresponding contacts; and

transmitting the status message to the mobile devices associated with the corresponding contacts.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein integrating the status message comprises instructing a mobile device of the contact to display the status message.

5. A method of providing contact information on a mobile device, the method comprising:

generating a list of a predefined number of most-recently called contacts from an address book on a subscriber'"'"'s mobile device;

for each most-recently called contact, receiving contact information, comprising one or more of a contact name, a telephone number, a mood message, a holographic message, and a status message; and

transmitting the list, associated contact information and one or more instructions to the subscriber'"'"'s mobile device, wherein the one or more instructions instruct the mobile device to display the list and associated contact information.

6. A system of providing a status message, the system comprising:

a subscriber mobile device comprising an address book having one or more contacts;

a processor for processing data relating to one or more status messages, wherein the processor is in communication with the subscriber mobile device; and

one or more contact mobile devices associated with one or more contacts in the address book, wherein each contact mobile device is in communication with the processor.