Patent ID: 7403972
Filing Date: 2008-07-22
Classification: A61B,G06F,G06Q,G16H,H04L,H04W,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for providing communications between computing devices, said method comprising: obtaining a message at a first computing device to be delivered to a second computing device; acquiring status information at the first computing device, the status information including at least user-related condition information pertaining to a user of the first computing device; associating the status information to the message; and sending, at the request of the user of the first computing device, the message along with the status information to the second computing device, wherein the message is created by the user of the first computing device, wherein the message is from the user of the first computing device to be received by another user via the second computing device, and wherein the message contains text entered by the user of the first computing device and the message is distinct from the status information, which serves to augment the message.