Telecommunications – Radiotelephone system – Zoned or cellular telephone system
Reexamination Certificate
2000-12-15
2003-12-23
Le, Thanh Cong (Department: 2684)
Telecommunications
Radiotelephone system
Zoned or cellular telephone system
C455S456500, C455S561000, C709S201000, C709S207000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06668173
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a system for tracking the status and location of users of wireless devices and more particularly to a tracking system making use of the Internet and instant message (IM) technology.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Today, many users of wired devices, (such as personal computers or workstations) and wireless devices (such as, PDAS, pagers, cellular telephones, etc.) are connected to the Internet. In some systems, the location and/or availability of users of some devices is tracked by having each individual update his status and (possibly) physical location whenever his status and/or physical location changes. In these systems, when the user arrives at his station, he updates his current status by entering or selecting a status message. The wired or wireless device in turn transmits an IM buddy list status update message to an IM server. The IM server then transmits the buddy list status update messages to other wired devices on the system where the status update message is displayed. The status update message entered or selected might for example be “available” or “at my desk.”
Conventionally, when the status needs to be updated, the user enters a status change into the wired device indicating a new status, such as “not at my desk,” “out to lunch,” “on vacation” or other status messages indicating the specific location where the user intends to go. The problem is that the user needs to remember to update the status, for example, every time the user leaves his desk or upon returning to his desk. Also, if the user indicates a location at which the user can be reached and then makes an unscheduled trip to another location at which he potentially can be reached, the new location will not be reflected in the buddy list status seen by the other users. The result is that often the status message is not updated when it should be and other users are given incorrect information about the current status and/or location of each other.
Accordingly, there is a need for a system, which will automatically update the status or location of the individual whenever it changes.
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Cong Le Thanh
Motorola Inc.
Watanabe Hisashi D.
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