System and method for utilizing contact information, presence information and device activity

• US 20070198696A1
• Filed: 10/06/2004
• Published: 08/23/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Scenera Technologies LLC (Scenera Research LLC)
• Original Assignee: Scenera Technologies LLC (Scenera Research LLC)
• Inventors: Morris, Robert
• Application Number:
  US10/960,365
• Publication Number:
  US 20070198696A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/043 using or handling presence information

Abstract

A method and system that utilizes presence information is disclosed. In one aspect, the method and system include determining whether a change in the presence information of a presence service client of the presence service clients affects the presence information or a capability of at least one service client. The method and system also include updating the presence information or the capability of the at least one presence service client based on the change in the presence information.

Claims

1. A method for utilizing presence information for a plurality of presence service clients comprising:

determining whether a change in the presence information of a presence service client of the plurality of presence service clients affects the presence information or a capability of at least one of the plurality of presence service clients; and

updating the presence information of the at least one of the plurality of presence service clients via a presence service client unassociated with the at least one presence service client based on the change in the presence information.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the presence service clients corresponds to a component or a data entity of a device and at least one of the presence service clients corresponds to a user.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the change includes at least one of a status change, a location change, a contact address change, a rule change, and an access of data linked to a first status associated with the, presence information or the capability of the at least one of the plurality of presence service clients.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the presence service client is a user, wherein the change includes a change in a user presence tuple and wherein the updating further includes:

changing a contact priority of the user in response to the change of the user presence tuple.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the change in the presence information for the presence service client is characterized by a minimum time.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the minimum time corresponds to sampling at a specified interval.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the minimum time is an amount of time the change persists.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the presence service client is a user, the at least one of the plurality of presence service clients is a component or a data entity of a device, and the change includes a change In a user presence tuple, the method comprising;

changing a status or a capability of the component or data entity of the device In response to the change of the user presence tuple.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing a set of rules to indicate how the change in the presence information of the presence service client affects the presence information or the capability of the at least one of the plurality of presence service clients; and

using at least one of the rules in updating the presence information of the at least one of the plurality of presence service clients.

10. The method of claim 9 comprising:

detecting at least one of a status change, a location change, a contact address change, a rule change, and an access of a data entity of a device linked to a first status associated with the presence information or the capability of the at least one of the plurality of presence service clients;

wherein the presence information of the at least one of the plurality of presence service clients is automatically updated based on the detected change in status, location, contact address, or rule, or the data access detecting, and based on using at least one of the rules, the presence information of the at least one of the plurality of presence service clients being capable of including at least one of a second status, a location, a contact address, a contact priority, a capability of the device, and at least one rule.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the presence service client is different from the at least one of the plurality of presence service clients, and the second status is automatically updated if it is determined that the status change affects the second status.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the presence service client corresponds to a first component and the at least one of the presence service clients corresponds to a second component.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the using step further includes:

processing the status change based on a portion of the plurality of rules that link the status change to the second status.

14. The method of claim 10 comprising:

updating at least one of the contact address and the contact priority based upon the status change or the location change.

15. The method of claim 10 comprising:

providing at least one rule for linking the at least one of the status change, the location change, the contact address change, the rule change, and the access of the data entity linked to the first status to an alteration In the presence information.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising:

providing feedback between the at least one rule for linking and a remaining portion of the device, the feedback indicating a reaction of the remaining portion of the device to the at least one of the status change, the location change, the contact address change, the rule change, and the access of data.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising:

updating the at least one rule for linking based on the feedback.

18. The method of claim 10 wherein the second status is a public status, the status change is for a private status, and at least one of the plurality of rules indicates that the status change is to be mapped to the public status, the method further comprising:

mapping the private status to the second status.

19. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

providing feedback from the plurality of presence service clients to a plurality of rule interpreters.

20. The method of claim 19 further comprising:

dynamically updating the plurality of rule interpreters based on the feedback.

21. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

allowing at least one authorized entity to reconfigure a portion of the plurality of rules.

22. The method of claim 9 wherein the plurality of presence service clients includes a user, wherein at least one of the set of rules defines that a user status should be mapped to an alternate status for display to another entity.

23. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

displaying at least one relationship between the presence information for each of a portion of the plurality of presence service clients.

24. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

allowing a first portion of the plurality of presence service clients to subscribe to the presence Information of a second portion of the plurality of presence service clients.

25. The method of claim 1 wherein a watcher performs the determining step and wherein at least one presentity performs the updating step.

26. A computer-readable-medium containing a program for utilizing presence information for a plurality of presence service clients on a device, the program including instructions for:

determining whether a change in the presence information of a presence service client of the plurality of presence service clients affects the presence information or a capability of at least one of the plurality of presence service clients; and

updating the presence information of the at least one of the plurality of presence service clients via a presence service client unassociated with the at least one presence service client based on the change in the presence information.

27. A system for utilizing presence information for a plurality of presence service clients on a device comprising:

at least one watcher for detecting a change in the presence information of a presence service client, the change in the presence Information of a presence service client of the plurality of presence service clients affecting the presence information or a capability of at least one of the plurality of presence service clients;

a presence service for communicating with the watcher; and

at least one presentity, unassociated with the at least one presence service client, for communicating with the presence service to update the presence information of the at least one of the plurality of presence service clients based on the change in the presence information.

28. The system of claim 27 wherein at least one of the presence service clients corresponds to a component or a data entity of a device and at least one of the presence service clients corresponds to a user.

29. The system of claim 27 wherein the presence service includes a client presence service residing on the device.

30. The system of claim 27 wherein the change includes at least one of a status change, a location change, a contact address change, a rule change, and an access of data linked to a first status associated with the presence information or the capability of the at least one of the plurality of presence service clients.

31. The system of claim 27 wherein the presence service client is a user, wherein the change includes a change in a user presence tuple, and the presentity communicates with the presence service to update a contact priority of the user In response to the change of the user presence tuple.

32. The system of claim 27 wherein the change in the presence Information for the presence service client is characterized by a minimum time.

33. The system of claim 32 wherein the minimum time corresponds to sampling at a specified interval.

34. The system of claim 32 wherein the minimum time is an amount of time the change persists.

35. The system of claim 27 wherein the presence service client is a user, the at least one of the plurality of presence service clients is a component or a data entity of a device, the change includes a change in a user presence tuple, and the presentity communicates with the presence service to allow the device to change a status or a capability of the component or data entity in response to the change of the user presence tuple.

36. The system of claim 27 further comprising:

a plurality of rules Indicating how the change in the presence information of the presence service client affects the presence Information or the capability of the at least one of the plurality of presence service clients, at least one of the rules being used to update the presence information of the at least one of the plurality of presence service clients.

37. The system of claim 36 wherein the watcher detects at least one of a status change, a location change, a contact address change, a rule change, and an access of a data entity of a device linked to a first status associated with the presence information or the capability of the at least one of the plurality of presence service clients;

wherein the presence information of the at least one of the plurality of presence service clients is automatically updated based on the detected change in status, location, contact address, or rule, or the data access detecting, and based on using at least one of the rules, the presence information of the at least one of the plurality of presence service clients being capable of including at least one of a second status, a location, a contact address, a contact priority, a capability of the device, and at least one rule.

38. The system of claim 37 wherein the presence service client is different from the at least one of the plurality of presence service clients, and the second status is automatically updated if it is determined that the status change affects the second status.

39. The system of claim 38 wherein the presence service client corresponds to a first component and the at least one of the presence service clients corresponds to a second component.

40. The system of claim 38 wherein the presentity communicates with the presence service to update at least one of the contact address and the contact priority based upon the status change or the location change.

41. The system of claim 38 further comprising:

at least one rule for linking the at least one of the status change, the location change, the contact address change, the rule change, and the access of the data entity linked to the first status to an alteration in the presence information.

42. The system of claim 41 further comprising:

feedback between the at least one rule for linking and a remaining portion of the device, the feedback indicating a reaction of the remaining portion of the device to the at least one of the status change, the location change, the contact address change, the rule change, and the access of data.

43. The system of claim 42 wherein the at least one rule is updated based on the feedback.

44. The system of claim 38 wherein the second status is a public status, the status change is for a private status and at least one of the plurality of rules indicates that the status change is to be mapped to the public status and wherein, the private status is mapped to the second status.

45. The system of claim 36 wherein at least one authorized entity is allowed to reconfigure a portion of the plurality of rules.

46. The system of claim 36 wherein the plurality of presence service clients includes a user, wherein at least one of the set of rules defines that a user status should be mapped to an alternate status for display to another entity.

47. The system of claim 27 further comprising:

at least one relationship between the presence information for each of a portion of the plurality of presence service clients.

48. The system of claim 27 wherein a first portion of the plurality of presence service clients subscribe to the presence information of a second portion of the plurality of presence service clients.

49. A method for utilizing presence information for a plurality of presence service clients comprising:

determining whether a change in the presence information of a presence service client of the plurality of presence service clients affects the presence information or a capability of at least one of the plurality of presence service clients; and

updating a status or a capability of the at least one of the plurality of presence service clients based on the change in the presence information.

50. The method of claim 49, wherein the at least one of the plurality of presence service clients corresponds to a component or a data entity of a device, subscribes to its own presence information through a watcher, and updates the status or the capability of the component or data entity of the device in response to the watcher detecting the change in its own presence information.