DYNAMIC INFORMATION PUBLICATION ENABLING DIRECT ACCESS TO A PREFERRED COMMUNICATION CHANNEL CONNECTION IN INTEGRATED COMMUNICATION SERVER
First Claim
1. A method for publishing presence information about a group of recipient parties when a sending party initiates a communication channel with one or more recipient parties, the method including:
- obtaining information about a recipient party;
processing the obtained information to extract information about a current state and preference of the recipient party;
generating a presence information publication according to the processed information, the presence information publication including an ordered list of communication choices available to initiate a communication channel between a sending party and the recipient party; and
providing the presence information publication to the sending party.
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Abstract
The method and system guides a user to easily and effectively communicate with a potential recipient via an integrated communication server. The integrated communication server will track and aggregate user presence information about the potential recipient. The aggregated user presence information includes the current state, activity, and/or availability of the potential recipient. The integrated communication server dynamically analyzes and compares the aggregated user presence information with user preference information of the potential recipient in order to identify an appropriate communication method. The identified appropriate communication method is published to the user indicating that it has a great likelihood of reaching the potential recipient successfully in the right way at the right time.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for publishing presence information about a group of recipient parties when a sending party initiates a communication channel with one or more recipient parties, the method including:
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obtaining information about a recipient party; processing the obtained information to extract information about a current state and preference of the recipient party; generating a presence information publication according to the processed information, the presence information publication including an ordered list of communication choices available to initiate a communication channel between a sending party and the recipient party; and providing the presence information publication to the sending party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable components for assisting a user to determine a preferred communication modality for communicating with a recipient, comprising:
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a storage component configured to store and update information about the recipient; a process component configured to determine a set of communication preferences and to identify a device of the recipient, the device being suitable for implementing a communication preference from the set of communication preference, wherein the set of communication preferences is determined based on the recipient'"'"'s preference and the recipient'"'"'s current state; and a user interface component for providing the set of communication preferences. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for determining a preferred communication modality, the method comprising:
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collecting current state information about a user; obtaining user preference information which is specified by the user; comparing the current state and the user preference information to identify a first preferred communication modality; identifying a device capable of implementing the first preferred communication modality; determining accessibility of the user via the identified device and the first preferred communication modality; and upon determining the accessibility of the user, enabling another user to communicate with the user via the first preferred communication modality and the identified device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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