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Method for monitoring an application in a packet-switching network

  • US 20040109448A1
  • Filed: 12/01/2003
  • Published: 06/10/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for monitoring an application (AP1, AP2, AP3) in a packet-switching network (NW), with the state of the application (AP1, AP2, AP3) being recorded by means of a monitoring instant (MC) and being transmitted to a Presence Application (PA) which indicates and/or further processes the state, characterized in that the application (AP1, AP2, AP3) is registered by means of the monitoring instant (MC) as a first communication partner in a list of communication partners which can be accessed in the network, in that the Presence Application (PA) is registered in the list as a second communication partner which monitors the first communication partner, and in that the state and/or state changes of the application (AP1, AP2, AP3) is or are transmitted to the Presence Application (PA) as a characteristic which is associated with the first communication partner, or as a message which is transmitted from the first communication partner, with the monitoring being carried out on the basis of the characteristic or of the message.

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