Wireless chat automatic status tracking
US7522911B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 23, 2001 |
| Grant date | Apr 21, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 7, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W92/02
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A technique and apparatus to provide status tracking of presence and/or location of a mobile, wireless device to a requesting entity even outside of a particular wireless system. Presence and/or location information is provided to entities outside of a particular servicing wireless network using call processing components of a mobile network (e.g., call setup procedures), and using standard mechanisms currently available to any appropriately conforming Mobile Switching Center (MSC) element. A wireless chat tracking system is implemented utilizing a change in mobile registration status to automatically notify a chat group system outside the wireless network of current status information activity regarding a relevant device, e.g., registration activity or inactivity timeout. In the wireless chat automatic status tracking system, a registration notification (REGNOT) message is either explicitly forwarded or copied to an external IP based application (e.g., to a mobile chat group system).
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