Custom presence icons
First Claim
1. A presence system for providing custom presence icons, comprising:
- a presence server for collecting and storing presence information on a plurality of presentities and providing said presence information to watchers of said presentities;
wherein said presence server is further operable to receive icon information from a select one of said presentities, said icon information defining one or more custom presence icons associated with said select one of said presentities;
wherein said presence server is further operable to receive a different watcher view rule for each of said one or more custom presence icons from said select one of said presentities; and
wherein said presence server is further operable to provide said icon information to said watchers of said select one of said presentities in accordance with said watcher view rules.
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Abstract
A presence system provides custom presence icons customizable by presentities to watchers of the presentities. The presence system includes a presence server for receiving icon information from a presentity, in which the icon information defines one or more custom presence icons associated with the presentity. The presence server also receives a different watcher view rule for each of the custom presence icons from the presentity. For example, the watcher view rule can be a watcher identity to provide different custom presence icons to different watchers or a presence state of the presentity to provide different custom presence icons for different presence states of the presentity. The presence server provides the icon information to the watchers of the presentity in accordance with the watcher view rules.
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22 Claims
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1. A presence system for providing custom presence icons, comprising:
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a presence server for collecting and storing presence information on a plurality of presentities and providing said presence information to watchers of said presentities;
wherein said presence server is further operable to receive icon information from a select one of said presentities, said icon information defining one or more custom presence icons associated with said select one of said presentities;
wherein said presence server is further operable to receive a different watcher view rule for each of said one or more custom presence icons from said select one of said presentities; and
wherein said presence server is further operable to provide said icon information to said watchers of said select one of said presentities in accordance with said watcher view rules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for providing custom presence icons, comprising the steps of:
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receiving icon information from a presentity, said icon information defining one or more custom presence icons associated with said presentity;
receiving a different watcher view rule for each of said one or more custom presence icons from said presentity; and
providing said icon information to watchers of said presentity in accordance with said watcher view rules. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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