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US 9106599
Two-way real time communication allowing asymmetric participation across multiple electronic platforms
Current assignee: Disintermediation Services Inc
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Patent summary
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Patent Overview — US 9,106,599 B2
Title: Two-way real time communication allowing asymmetric participation across multiple electronic platforms
Assignee: Disintermediation Services, Inc. (original and current assignee per the source).
Key dates: Priority date 2011-10-17; filing date 2012-10-16; publication of US20130097262A1 on 2013-04-18; granted 2015-08-11. Status listed as active, with adjusted expiration 2033-11-02 (the source labels legal status and dates as assumptions, not legal conclusions).
Inventors: John Patrick Francis Dandison, James Allen Johnson, Paul Joseph Lyman Schottland. Application number US13/653,119.
Purpose and plain-language scope: The patent describes methods, systems, and apparatuses—including computer programs on computer-readable media—for connecting an initiator's question to responders across differing communication channels. Responders supply conversation selection criteria and mode-of-communication information. An initiator, using a first communication mode, submits a request identifying a topic but not naming any responders. A conversation identifier is created; possible responders are determined from the topic and the responders' selection criteria; and the topic is sent to those responders without identifying the initiator. A response from a first responder arrives via a second communication mode.
The excerpt's Definitions section describes an initiator asking a question through a web-based user interface (202), a server matching it to responder criteria (204), determining each responder's mode of communication (206), sending the question (208), receiving responses (210), mapping responses to the question (212), and displaying them in the web interface (214). The server maps RTC channels (instant messaging, email, SMS/text addresses) to enable continued communication. A responder's reply medium becomes the "active" medium for that conversation; a responder can switch media by replying through a non-active medium. Routing may use explicit criteria ("English Language Questions," "tax preparation software," "Missouri") or implicit criteria, such as a specific URL directing submitted questions to particular responders' SMS address/contact number.
What the excerpt does not establish: It does not provide the full claims, complete specification, or prosecution history; therefore claim scope, claim limitations, and validity are not established. It does not establish litigation details, ownership transfers beyond the listed assignment, or prior-art conclusions—topics excluded by the source excerpt. Classifications and landscapes are indicative only.
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