Generation of availability indicators from call control policies for presence enabled telephony system
First Claim
1. A system for generating user availability information to a subscriber from availability rules set by said user, comprising:
- a shared database;
a user interface for setting said availability rules with fuzzy indicators of degrees of user availability; and
an application level for receiving and posting a request from said subscriber for said user availability information to said shared database such that predetermined ones of said availability rules post responses to said shared database, computing from said responses a crisp indication of said user availability information, and transmitting said crisp indication of user availability to said subscriber.
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Abstract
A system for generating user availability information to a subscriber from availability rules set by the user, comprising a shared database (e.g. tuple space), a user interface for setting availability rules with fuzzy indicators of degrees of user availability, and an application level for receiving and posting a request from the subscriber for user availability information to the shared database such that predetermined ones of the availability rules post responses to the shared database, computing from these responses a crisp indication of user availability information, and transmitting the crisp indication of user availability to the subscriber.
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21 Claims
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1. A system for generating user availability information to a subscriber from availability rules set by said user, comprising:
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a shared database;
a user interface for setting said availability rules with fuzzy indicators of degrees of user availability; and
an application level for receiving and posting a request from said subscriber for said user availability information to said shared database such that predetermined ones of said availability rules post responses to said shared database, computing from said responses a crisp indication of said user availability information, and transmitting said crisp indication of user availability to said subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 20)
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13. A method of generating user availability information to a subscriber from availability rules with fuzzy indicators of degrees of user availability set by said user, comprising:
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receiving a request from said subscriber for said user availability information resulting in predetermined ones of said availability rules firing responses;
computing from said responses a crisp indication of said user availability information; and
transmitting said crisp indication of user availability to said subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21)
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