Telephonic communications – Special services – Service profile
Reexamination Certificate
2007-11-06
2007-11-06
Hong, Harry S. (Department: 2614)
Telephonic communications
Special services
Service profile
C370S466000, C709S223000, C706S049000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10310558
ABSTRACT:
A system is provided for pro-actively suggesting communication features to users, comprising a tuple space for facilitating collaboration among software agents, a plurality of device agents for controlling operation of associated communication devices for respective ones of the users, and a plurality of user agents representing a plurality of users, each of the user agents (i) facilitating creation, by a user desirous of communicating, of groups of users to be communicated with, (ii) poking tuples to the tuple space indicative of each user's availability for communication; (iii) peeking anti-tuples to the tuple space for eliciting communication availability of respective ones of the users in the groups of users to be communicated with and in response causing associated device agents to display via respective ones of the devices the aforementioned availability to the user desirous of communicating, and to effect communication between the user desirous of communicating and a selected one of the respective users who is indicated as being available for communication.
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F. Chau & Associates LLC
Hong Harry S.
Mitel Knowledge Corporation
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