Patent ID: 9172799
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: identifying when a call to a callee has been initiated by a system; obtaining status information associated with the callee when the call is identified as being initiated, wherein obtaining the status information associated with the callee includes identifying a caller associated with the system and determining whether the caller is authorized to access the status information, the status information being obtained when the caller is authorized to access the status information, and wherein the status information includes a first status and a second status; determining whether to display the first status or the second status on the system, wherein determining whether to display the first status or the second status on the system includes applying a policy to determine whether to display the first status or the second status, the policy being at least one selected from the group including a time-based metric and a keyword-based metric, and wherein the policy is a time-based metric and determining whether to display the first status or the second status includes determining whether the first status is more recent than the second status; and displaying the status information on the system.