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US 7,010,110 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for monitoring telephone status
AssigneeWalker Digital, LLC
InventorsJames A. Jorasch, Jay S. Walker, Magdalena M. Fincham, John B. Dickerson, Marc D. Kessman, Geoffrey M. Gelman, Stephen C. Tulley, Dean P. Alderucci
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Abstract
The monitor is for monitoring the status of a first client telephone, and for sending this status information via a central server to an authorized second client telephone. The central server stores a database of registered client telephones and corresponding client telephones that the client may monitor. A user of a registered client telephone monitors in real time the telephone status of registered friends, family, or co-workers that have agreed to be monitored by the user.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- receiving an indication of a second telephone that is authorized to monitor a first telephone;
- receiving a request from the second telephone to monitor the first telephone;
- receiving a status, from the first telephone, which indicates whether the first telephone is using a text messaging feature of the first telephone;
- and
- sending the status to the second telephone.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.