×

Methods and systems for controlling access to presence information according to a variety of different access permission types

  • US 20010042126A1
  • Filed: 12/04/2000
  • Published: 11/15/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. In a computer network including a server computer system network connectable to at least a plurality of client computer systems for which the server computer system maintains presence information, a method of exercising fine grain control of access to the presence information using a plurality of access permission types used for accessing the presence information, the method comprising the following:

  • an act of the server computer system receiving a request from a client computer system including an instruction to change an access permission status for at least a subset of the plurality of client computer systems, the access permission corresponding to one of the plurality of access permission types to the presence information;

    an act of the server computer system setting at least an entry in a data field in response to the request, the entry representing the changed access permission status; and

    an act of the server computer system determining whether or not to allow access to the presence information based on the entry in the data field.

View all claims
  • 2 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×