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System and method for predicting availability status changes of instant messenger users

OwnerRandolph Rifeinventor

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Abstract

A method for predicting availability status changes includes: retrieving, via a provider computing device, present availability status information for a user of an instant messenger (IM) application managed by the provider computing device, wherein the present availability status information includes at least a present availability status and a timestamp useable to identify a present date and time the present availability status was retrieved; identifying, by the provider computing device, a behavioral pattern of a plurality of behavioral patterns for the user as a function of the present availability status; determining, by the provider computing device, a predicted availability status change event; and creating, by the provider computing device, a predicted availability status string based on the identified behavioral pattern.

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Dependent claims

A method for predicting availability status changes, the method comprising:

retrieving, via a provider computing device, present availability status information for a user of an instant messenger (IM) application managed by the provider computing device, wherein the present availability status information includes at least a present availability status and a timestamp usable to identify a present date and time the present availability status was retrieved;
identifying, by the provider computing device, a behavioral pattern of a plurality of behavioral patterns for the user as a function of the present availability status;
determining, by the provider computing device, a predicted next availability status information based on the identified behavioral pattern for the user, wherein the predicted next availability status information includes at least a predicted availability status change event and a timestamp useable to identify a next date and time of the availability status;
and
creating, by the provider computing device, a predicted availability status string based on the predicted next availability status information.

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A provider computing device for predicting availability status changes, the provider computing device comprising:

one or more computer-readable media comprising instructions;
and one or more processors coupled with the one or more computer-readable media and configured to execute the instructions to:
retrieve a present availability status information for a user of an instant messenger (IM) application managed by the provider computing device, wherein the present availability status information includes at least a present availability status and a timestamp usable to identify a present date and time the present availability status was retrieved;
identify a behavioral pattern of a plurality of behavioral patterns for the user as a function of the present availability status;
determine a predicted next availability status information based on the identified behavioral pattern for the user, wherein the predicted next availability status information includes at least a predicted availability status change event and a timestamp useable to identify a next date and time of the availability status;
and
create a predicted availability status string based on the predicted next availability status information.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/477,698Filed 3 Apr 2017 · us provisional application
Priority: 1 Apr 2016
Published: US 2017/0289076 A15 Oct 2017
Granted: 22 Oct 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

H04L 51/043
Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]: using or handling presence information
H04L 67/53
Network services: using third party service providers
H04L 67/54
Network services: presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
H04L 51/52
User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail: for…

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Application62/316,712Us provisional application · filed 1 Apr 2016
US 2017/0289076 A1Pre-grant publication · published 5 Oct 2017
US 10,454,855 B2This patent

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