SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISCOVERING AND PUBLISHING OF PRESENCE INFORMATION ON A NETWORK
Patent №
US 8,239,452
Granted
2012-08-07
Filed 2004
Owner
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
1
planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
10836566
A system and method is provided for publication and discovery of the presence of nearby users on a network. When the system is enabled, the presence of the local user is published on the network. Nearby users that also have a similar system enabled can discover the local user's presence on the network. Furthermore, the local user may discovery the presence of the other nearby users that are currently publishing their presence on the network.
AI classification
Ownership
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
assignment · 152920687
Assignors
MOORE, KEVIN R., OREIZY, PEYMAN, BLAGSVEDT, SEAN O., DUNN, MELISSA W., KUMAR, ARVIND, HARVEY, MARCUS S.H.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.