Method and apparatus for a family center

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8463872
APP PUB NO 20100159967A1
SERIAL NO

12636586

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A family center system and method is provided that allows receiving from a registered family member a family message intended for other registered family members and determines, based on a set of rules, to which of other registered family members to push the family message, mode of transport by which to push the family message, and the schedule according to which to push the family message. A technique involving a tile is provided that allows displaying a unified view of information onto a plurality of registered devices, regardless of device platform and/or communications network. The system and method provides a variety of services to registered family members and allows third party application plug-in for offering third party services. The system and method receives a SMS message and stores such message as a family message for subsequent access or family message treatment.

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  • BROADSOFT, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cho, Jonathan San Francisco, US 28 978
Jayaraman, Shivakumar Sunnyvale, US 1 315
Koverman, Chris San Jose, US 11 833
Kwo, Stephen Milpitas, US 5 425
Pounds, Gregory E San Jose, US 15 1220

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