Mechanism for reciprocal awareness of intent to initiate and end interaction among remote users

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6731308
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09521486

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The present invention provides methods and systems for providing distributed parties reciprocal information regarding each other's activities. For example, the method of the invention provides selected information regarding the availability of an intended recipient to engage in a communication session with an initiator, and reciprocally informs the intended recipient of the initiator's access to such information. Further, the method of the invention can provide a signal to an intended recipient to indicate an initiator's intention to establish a communication session. Further, the method of the invention provides a signal to each party to indicate whether a communication session has been established. In another aspect, the invention provides a method for informing the participants in a communication session of a party's intention to terminate its participation in the session.

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  • ORACLE AMERICA, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Begole, James M A Mountain View, CA 41 810
Bhalodia, Janak R Indio, CA 2 447
Mordecai, Nicole Y Weston, MA 14 1102
Tang, John C Palo Alto, CA 44 1766
Van, Kleek Max G Charlestown, MA 2 447

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