Geographic location notification based on identity linking
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- obtaining, using at least one processor, for a first communications identity of a user, notification information associated with the user, wherein the notification information comprises a geographic location of the user; and
providing, for a second communications identity of the user, at least a portion of the notification information to one or more participants from a participant list associated with the second communications identity, wherein the first communications identity and the second communications identity correspond to the same natural person, and wherein the first communications identity and the second communications identity correspond to different communications systems.
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Abstract
A user maintains notification setting information having temporal periods capable of controlling, at least in part, the dissemination of information describing the on-line presence of the user within an instant messaging system or the geographic location of one or more mobile communications devices used by the user. The user may use multiple identities to communicate within the instant messaging system and/or with the mobile communications device or devices. The user can maintain sets of temporal periods for each of the multiple identities. Only one identity may be used at a specific time to communicate to a specific other identity, but the multiple identities of the user may be linked such that on-line presence and/or geographic location associated with one of the identities is disseminated based on the temporal periods set for one or more of the multiple identities.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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obtaining, using at least one processor, for a first communications identity of a user, notification information associated with the user, wherein the notification information comprises a geographic location of the user; and providing, for a second communications identity of the user, at least a portion of the notification information to one or more participants from a participant list associated with the second communications identity, wherein the first communications identity and the second communications identity correspond to the same natural person, and wherein the first communications identity and the second communications identity correspond to different communications systems. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19)
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9. A computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a computer program configured to, when executed by at least one processor:
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obtain, for a first communications identity of a user, notification information associated with the user, wherein the notification information comprises a geographic location of the user; and provide, for a second communications identity of the user, at least a portion of the notification information to one or more participants from a participant list associated with the second communications identity, wherein the first communications identity and the second communications identity correspond to the same natural person, and wherein the first communications identity and the second communications identity correspond to different communications systems. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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20. A method comprising:
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obtaining, using at least one processor, for a first communications identity associated with a user, notification information associated with the user, wherein the notification information comprises a geographic location of the user; providing, for the first communications identity and in accordance with one or more notification settings associated with the first communications identity, the notification information for distribution to one or more participants from a participant list associated with the first communications identity; and providing, for a second communications identity associated with the user and in accordance with one or more notification settings associated with the second communications identity, the notification information for distribution to one or more participants from a participant list associated with the second communications identity, wherein the first communications identity and the second communications identity correspond to the same natural person, and wherein the first communications identity and the second communications identity correspond to different communications systems.
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