专利名称：Facilitating communications between
computer users across a network
发明人：Scott A. Quillen,Ira Rosenblatt申请号：US12198633申请日：20080826公开号：US08156443B2公开日：20120410
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摘要：A stand-alone icon (i.e., an icon that is not part of an application interface) isprovided to facilitate communications across a network between users of at least onecommunications program. The icon represents a contact or a set of contacts. Status
information regarding the contact or set of contacts is received and displayed using theicon or in response to an operation performed on the icon. The icon additionally mayprovide an interface for performing actions related to the contact or set of contacts. Theactions may generally include, for example, retrieving profile information about thecontact, setting an alert to indicate that the contact's network/login status (e.g., login,logout, or idle) has changed, or performing communications with the contact.
申请人：Scott A. Quillen,Ira Rosenblatt
地址：Middleburg VA US,Great Falls VA US
国籍：US,US
代理机构：Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
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