20090144798 | Optimized peer-to-peer mobile communications - A customer can control access to information about the customer stored in a database by selecting one or more policies, where each policy specifies conditions and/or rules for accessing information associated with the policy, and for each selected policy the user selects portions of the customer's information for association with the selected policy. The customer can create or specify one or more policies for accessing information. In another method, information about the customer stored in the database includes personal information about customer, including contact information for people associated with the customer, and facts about the customer, e.g., contact information for family members professionals who provide service (e.g. doctor, lawyer, banker), emergency contacts, medical information, for example blood type, allergies, medications, blood type, organ donor status. | 06-04-2009 |
20090017853 | Method and system for presence detection in a communication system - An exemplary method for providing presence detection in a communication system includes associating the identity of a first entity participating in the communication system, with a communication link of the system, and providing access to information regarding the first entity to other entities participating in the communication system. An exemplary method can further include receiving an indication of an incident, including a class or magnitude of the incident, accessing a list of users authorized to participate in the communication system, based on the indication, and denying users absent from the accessed list, access to the communication system. The last communication mechanism or communication address used by each authorized user can also be determined, and displayed. | 01-15-2009 |