Automatic user availability status determination for a handheld communication device
CA 2580711 C · Owner: Wisebourt, Shaul S. · Inventors: Wisebourt, Shaul S.; Klassen, Gerhard D.
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To automatically determine the availability status of the user of a handheld communication device, various selected conditions of the device may be checked, which imply whether or not the user is likely Available or , Unavailable or the equivalent. Normally the selected conditions are checked , only if the user has not explicitly or semi-explicitly set his or her status to Unavailable. The conditions to be checked can vary widely but generally , include anything from which it might be inferred or implied that the user is likely either Available or Unavailable or the equivalent. Such conditions can include, for example, whether or not a specified timeout for use of a keypad trackwheel …
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- Filed February 3, 2005 and granted September 18, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 3, 2025.
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