System and method for managing user groups in presence systems
First Claim
1. A presence system for managing user groups, comprising:
- a presence server for collecting and storing presence information and preference information on a plurality of presentities, wherein said presence information for each of said presentities identifies availability of said respective presentity and wherein said preference information for each of said presentities identifies a scope of said respective presence information provided to one or more watchers of said respective presentity;
wherein said presence server is capable of subscribing user groups formed of members including one or more presentities or one or more watchers; and
wherein each of said user groups has group preference information associated therewith set in response to one or more of said respective members in said respective user group.
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Abstract
A presence system for managing user groups includes a presence server for collecting and storing presence information and preference information on a plurality of presentities. The presence information for each presentity identifies the availability of the presentity, and the preference information for each presentity identifies a scope of presentity presence information provided to one or more watchers of the presentity. The presence server is capable of subscribing user groups formed of members including one or more presentities or one or more watchers, in which each of the user groups has group preference information associated therewith set in response to one or more members of the user group.
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21 Claims
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1. A presence system for managing user groups, comprising:
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a presence server for collecting and storing presence information and preference information on a plurality of presentities, wherein said presence information for each of said presentities identifies availability of said respective presentity and wherein said preference information for each of said presentities identifies a scope of said respective presence information provided to one or more watchers of said respective presentity;
wherein said presence server is capable of subscribing user groups formed of members including one or more presentities or one or more watchers; and
wherein each of said user groups has group preference information associated therewith set in response to one or more of said respective members in said respective user group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A presence server for managing user groups, comprising:
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a storage medium for storing presence information and preference information on a plurality of presentities, wherein said presence information for each of said presentities identifies availability of said respective presentity and said preference information for each of said presentities identifies a scope of said respective presence information provided to one or more watchers of said respective presentity; and
a controller capable of subscribing user groups formed of members including one or more presentities or one or more watchers, each of said user groups having group preference information associated therewith set in response to one or more of said respective members in said respective user group. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for managing user groups in presence systems, comprising the steps of:
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providing presence information and preference information on a plurality of presentities, wherein said presence information for each of said presentities identifies availability of said respective presentity and said preference information for each of said presentities identifies a scope of said respective presence information provided to one or more watchers of said respective presentity;
subscribing a user group formed of members including one or more presentities or one or more watchers; and
setting group preference information for said user group in response to one or more of said respective members in said respective user group. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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