Method of Enabling a Wireless Information Device to Access the Presence Information of Several Entities
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1. A method of enabling a wireless information device to access Presence information of several entities, comprising the following steps:
- (a) storing Presence information for several entities at one or more data stores and making that information accessible;
(b) automatically sending, from the or each data store to the wireless information device, Presence information for entities which meet or match pre-defined Presence criteria, the criteria being defined or selected by a user of the wireless information device by that user selecting pre-defined Presence criteria displayed in one or more menu lists shown on the device and that relate to Presence criteria other than or in addition to physical or logical location, the criteria potentially covering several such entities, and the sending of the information from the or each data store to the wireless information device occurring not as a result of any change in the physical or logical location of the entities but instead directly in response to the user selecting an option displayed on the device that initiates a search for all entities that meet or match the pre-defined Presence criteria at the or each data store.
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Abstract
The method allows a user to define groups of entities that will be queried automatically for Presence information by his wireless information device. The user, once he has selected the group to be queried, need do no more than select at one time a ‘Pinging’ function using an on-screen dialog or other menu, which initiates the automatic querying. There is no need to manually query each member of the group for its Presence information.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of enabling a wireless information device to access Presence information of several entities, comprising the following steps:
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(a) storing Presence information for several entities at one or more data stores and making that information accessible;
(b) automatically sending, from the or each data store to the wireless information device, Presence information for entities which meet or match pre-defined Presence criteria, the criteria being defined or selected by a user of the wireless information device by that user selecting pre-defined Presence criteria displayed in one or more menu lists shown on the device and that relate to Presence criteria other than or in addition to physical or logical location, the criteria potentially covering several such entities, and the sending of the information from the or each data store to the wireless information device occurring not as a result of any change in the physical or logical location of the entities but instead directly in response to the user selecting an option displayed on the device that initiates a search for all entities that meet or match the pre-defined Presence criteria at the or each data store. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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- 13. A wireless information device programmed to automatically request Presence information for several entities which meet or match pre-defined Presence criteria, the criteria being defined or selected by a user of the wireless information device by that user selecting pre-defined Presence criteria displayed in menu lists shown on the device and that relate to Presence criteria other than or in addition to physical or logical location, the automatic requesting occurring not as a result of any change in the physical or logical location of the entities but instead directly in response to the user selecting an option displayed on the device that initiates a search for all entities that meet or match the pre-defined Presence criteria at the or each data store.
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26. Computer software which, when running on a wireless information device, causes the device to display:
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(a) a menu list of pre-defined Presence criteria that relate to Presence criteria other than or in addition to physical or logical location, the criteria potentially covering several entities;
(b) an option to initiate a search for all entities that meet or match pre-defined Presence criteria selected from the menu list.
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