Patent ID: 8954501
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of a communication device, the method comprising: determining, in a communication device, a group of entries in a database, wherein each entry is correlated to a communication address, the group being determined by historical association via records of at least one group of entries; initiating, in a communication device, communication in real-time between at least two entries of the group, wherein the at least two entries include a first participating entry having a first participating communication device and a second participating entry having a second participating communication device; determining, in a communication device, that a missing entry of the group is not in communication in real-time with the at least two entries of the group that are in communication in real-time, the missing entry not being invited to participate in the initiated communication; and attempting to determine information related to the missing entry by a communication device, by determining a status in real-time of a communication device correlated to the missing entry; and in response to the communication device correlated to the missing entry being turned off, contacting an entry of the group that is within a predetermined proximity or location of the missing entry in order to notify the missing entry of the real-time communication between the entries of the group.