Patent ID: 9282181
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method performed on a mobile device with a user interface (UI) and having access to a mobile broadband network, comprising: receiving an input from a user for invoking display of a contact card or a contact list on the UI; responsively to the input, sending a request to a remote service for current status of capabilities of devices respectively associated with each of the displayed contacts, the status describing capabilities of the devices to implement features or services supported by the mobile broadband network; while waiting for the service to respond to the request, displaying a temporary UI to the user on the mobile device, the temporary UI showing the invoked contact card or contact list but without showing current status for the displayed contacts; receiving the current status for a contact from the remote service; and applying a timestamp to the received current status, and throttling requests for current status to the remote service using the timestamp,