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Presence administration method and device

  • US 20030229687A1
  • Filed: 06/04/2003
  • Published: 12/11/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A presence administration method for utilization in a presence administration device that administrates presence information on a client group including a first client, the presence administration method including:

  • a presence-storage step of storing client-by-client presence information on the client group;

    a broadcast-destination storage step of storing, client-by-client, identifiers for broadcasting destinations for the presence information on the client group;

    an information-receipt step of receiving, from the first client, notification (referred to as “

    first configuration alert”

    hereinafter) of fresh presence information on the first client;

    an update control step of judging whether to update the presence information on the first client when the first configuration alert has been received, and controlling updating of the presence information according to the judgment results; and

    a broadcast step of broadcasting the updated presence information to the first client'"'"'s presence-information broadcasting destination if the presence information has been updated in said update control step.

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