US Patent 8015249 Mitigating data usage in messaging applications

Patent 8015249 was granted and assigned to Microsoft on September, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Microsoft

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

8015249

Date of Patent

September 6, 2011

Patent Application Number

11548155

Date Filed

October 10, 2006

Patent Citations Received

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US Patent 11665592 Security, fraud detection, and fraud mitigation in device-assisted services systems

Patent Primary Examiner

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Ashok B. Patel

Patent abstract

Data usage of a messaging application is mitigated based on a location of the application on the display screen or a mode of a device. If the location of the application is in the foreground of the display, presence update information of a contact is periodically received or requested. If the application is in the background of the display longer than a predetermined interval, the presence update information of the contact is stopped. In some embodiments, if the device is in an OFF or a SUSPEND mode, contact presence updates are not received. When the device is in an ON mode or state, the presence updates are received or requested from a server or presence agent.