System, Method and Portable Communication Device
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving a registration from a user for an out-of-band signaling service provider, including;
associating at least one communications device with said out-of-band signaling service provider;
setting a plurality of possible locations of the user;
setting a plurality of possible levels of availability;
setting a plurality of possible modalities of communications; and
receiving a selection of an initial presence for the user, wherein said presence comprises a location selected from said plurality of possible locations, a level of availability selected from said plurality of possible levels of availability, and a modality of communication selected from said plurality of possible modalities of communications;
provisioning at a communication system a communications channel to route calls to the user according to said presence;
receiving a new selection of a new presence from the user over an out-of-band signaling system;
reprovisioning at the communications system to route calls to the user according to said new presence; and
sending an acknowledgement of receipt of said new selection of said new presence.
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Abstract
A system, method and computer program product for providing a user a way to change communications presence information is disclosed. A point of presence (PPD) device may produce presentity (a source of presence information about a user) which may be transmitted out-of-band to a watcher or watchers of an intelligent call handling presence server.
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13 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a registration from a user for an out-of-band signaling service provider, including;
associating at least one communications device with said out-of-band signaling service provider;
setting a plurality of possible locations of the user;
setting a plurality of possible levels of availability;
setting a plurality of possible modalities of communications; and
receiving a selection of an initial presence for the user, wherein said presence comprises a location selected from said plurality of possible locations, a level of availability selected from said plurality of possible levels of availability, and a modality of communication selected from said plurality of possible modalities of communications;
provisioning at a communication system a communications channel to route calls to the user according to said presence;
receiving a new selection of a new presence from the user over an out-of-band signaling system;
reprovisioning at the communications system to route calls to the user according to said new presence; and
sending an acknowledgement of receipt of said new selection of said new presence. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system comprising:
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means for receiving a registration from a user for an out-of-band signaling service provider, including;
means for associating at least one communications device with said out-of-band signaling service provider;
means for setting a plurality of possible locations of the user;
means for setting a plurality of possible levels of availability;
means for setting a plurality of possible modalities of communications; and
means for receiving a selection of an initial presence for the user, wherein said presence comprises a location selected from said plurality of possible locations, a level of availability selected from said plurality of possible levels of availability, and a modality of communication selected from said plurality of possible modalities of communications;
means for provisioning at a communication system a communications channel to route calls to the user according to said presence;
means for receiving a new selection of a new presence from the user over an out-of-band signaling system;
means for reprovisioning at the communications system to route calls to the user according to said new presence; and
means for sending an acknowledgement of receipt of said new selection of said new presence.
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13. A computer program product embodied on a computer readable media, the computer program product adapted to enable a processor to execute a method comprising:
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receiving a registration from a user for an out-of-band signaling service provider, including;
associating at least one communications device with said out-of-band signaling service provider;
setting a plurality of possible locations of the user;
setting a plurality of possible levels of availability;
setting a plurality of possible modalities of communications; and
receiving a selection of an initial presence for the user, wherein said presence comprises a location selected from said plurality of possible locations, a level of availability selected from said plurality of possible levels of availability, and a modality of communication selected from said plurality of possible modalities of communications;
provisioning at a communication system a communications channel to route calls to the user according to said presence, receiving a new selection of a new presence from the user over an out-of-band signaling system;
reprovisioning at the communications system to route calls to the user according to said new presence; and
sending an acknowledgement of receipt of said new selection of said new presence.
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