System and method for establishing presence in a brokered chat system

US10460290B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PATH MOBILE INC PTE. LTD. · SG

Inventors

• Stuart J. Levinson · Boston, US
• Riley W. Crane · San Francisco, US
• Sean Johnson · Chapel Hill, US
• Brian F. Buschmann · Fiesole, IT
• James M. Byrum · San Francisco, US
• Santhosh Balasubramanian · Pasadena, US
• Nathan Zorn · Mount Pleasant, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 12, 2012
• Grant date: Oct 29, 2019
• Expiry date: Sep 12, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/107
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods for determining status of a user in a brokered chat service are disclosed. In one example, the method comprises acts of receiving, via the brokered chat service, a check-in message from the user, establishing the status of the user as available in the brokered chat service, transmitting at least one message to the user via the brokered chat service in response to establishing the status of the user as available, and updating the status of the user in the brokered chat service in response to communication from the user.