Method of and System for Presence Management in Telecommunications
First Claim
1. A method of responding to a presence inquiry for a given user comprising the steps of:
- establishing context parameters for said user;
establishing rules to govern responses to presence inquiries, said rules relying on values/states of said context parameters;
determining values/states of context parameters at time of said presence inquiry, including identifying the party making said inquiry;
establishing a presence response with respect to said established rules and said values/states of context parameters at time of said presence inquiry; and
reporting said presence response to said inquiring party.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to telecommunication systems and more specifically, to a method of and system for responding to inquiries regarding user presence with respect to various communication systems. The invention provides a method of responding to a presence inquiry for a given user which includes the steps of establishing context parameters for the user, establishing rules to govern responses to presence inquiries, the rules relying on values/states of the context parameters, and determining values/states of context parameters at the time of the presence inquiry, including identifying the party making said inquiry. A presence response is then established with respect to the established rules and the values/states of the context parameters at time of the presence inquiry This presence response is then reported to the inquiring party.
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15 Claims
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1. A method of responding to a presence inquiry for a given user comprising the steps of:
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establishing context parameters for said user;
establishing rules to govern responses to presence inquiries, said rules relying on values/states of said context parameters;
determining values/states of context parameters at time of said presence inquiry, including identifying the party making said inquiry;
establishing a presence response with respect to said established rules and said values/states of context parameters at time of said presence inquiry; and
reporting said presence response to said inquiring party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A telecommunications system comprising:
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a telecommunications network;
a plurality of User interface devices;
means for enabling said End User to set up rules for governing presence publishing;
means for establishing contextual parameters for said End User; and
means for coordinating communications between said telecommunications network and said plurality of User interface devices, with consideration for the contextual state of an End User. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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