USING LOCATION AS A PRESENCE ATTRIBUTE

• US 20080235230A1
• Filed: 01/15/2008
• Published: 09/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Maes, Stephane H.
• Granted Patent: US 8,675,852 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/9
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1046 Call controllers; Call servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1066 Session management
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for determining location of a principal. According to one embodiment, a method of providing location information for a principal can comprise receiving a presence event related to the principal. A location of the principal can be indicated by or determined based on the presence event. The location of the principal can be stored as a location attribute of a presence profile of the principal. The method can further comprise providing access to the location attribute of the presence profile of the principal to one or more subscribers or users of a presence service. In some cases, providing access to the location attribute of the presence profile of the principal to the one or more subscribers can be based on one or more policies of the presence service.

Claims

1. A method of providing location information for a principal, the method comprising:

receiving a presence event related to the principal, wherein the presence event relates to a location of the principal; and

storing the location of the principal as a location attribute of a presence profile of the principal.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing access to the location attribute of the presence profile of the principal to one or more authorized users of a presence service.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein providing access to the location attribute of the presence profile of the principal to one or more authorized users of the presence service comprises providing a notification of a change of the location attribute to one or more subscribers to the presence profile.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein providing access to the location attribute of the presence profile of the principal to one or more subscribers to the presence profile is based on one or more policies of the presence service.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein providing access to the location attribute of the presence profile of the principal to one or more authorized users of the presence service comprises:

receiving a request to access the location attribute of the presence profile of the principal; and

in response to the request, providing access to the location attribute of the presence profile of the principal.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the request to access the location attribute of the presence profile of the principal comprises a request to read the location attribute.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the request to access the location attribute of the presence profile of the principal comprises a request to modify the location attribute.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein providing access to the location attribute of the presence profile of the principal to one or more subscribers to a presence profile is based on one or more policies of the presence service.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the presence event related to the principal comprises receiving the presence event from a device of the principal.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the presence event indicates a location determined by the device.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the presence event related to the principal comprises receiving the presence event from a third-party to a presence service.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the presence event related to the principal comprises receiving the presence event from a user agent.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the presence event related to the principal comprises receiving the presence event from a Presence Network Agent.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the presence event indicates a location determined by the third-party to the presence service.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the third party comprises an application.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the third party comprises a user agent.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the third party comprises a network resource.

18. The method of claim 2, wherein providing access to the location attribute of the presence profile of the principal to one or more authorized users of a presence service comprises providing one or more services utilizing the location attribute.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the one or more services comprise a Ringback Tone (RBT) service wherein the RBT service provides one of a plurality of RBTs based on the location attribute of the presence profile of the principal.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the one or more services comprise a proximity service wherein the proximity service provides a notification to the principal of proximity to a location of interest based on the location attribute of the presence profile of the principal.

21. The method of claim 18, wherein the proximity service further provides a notification to a third party.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the third party comprises an application.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the third party comprises another principal.

24. The method of claim 20, wherein the location of interest comprises a current location of another user.

25. The method of claim 21, wherein the notification to the principal of proximity to the location of interest includes an option to contact the other user.

26. The method of claim 20, wherein the location of interest comprises a location of a business.

27. The method of claim 20, wherein the location of interest comprises a location of a promotion.

28. A method of obtaining location information for a principal, the method comprising:

subscribing to a presence profile of a principal maintained by a presence service; and

receiving a notification of a change in a location attribute of the presence profile of the principal, the location attribute indicating a location for the principal.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein receiving the notification of the change in the location attribute of the presence profile of the principal is based on one or more policies of the presence service.

30. A method of obtaining location information for a principal, the method comprising:

querying a presence service for location information of the principal; and

receiving information from a location attribute of a presence profile of the principal maintained by the presence service, the location attribute indicating a location for the principal.

31. The method of claim 30, receiving the information from the location attribute of the presence profile of the principal maintained by the presence service is based on one or more policies of the presence service.

32. A method of extending a presence model, the method comprising:

defining a presence attribute of a presence profile of a principal, wherein the presence attribute identifies a location of the principal; and

storing the location of the principal in the presence attribute of the presence profile of the principal.

33. A system comprising:

a communications network;

a user agent communicatively coupled with the communications network;

a presence server communicatively coupled with the communications network and adapted to provide a presence service, wherein the presence service receives a presence event related to the user agent via the communications network, wherein the presence event relates to a location of the principal, and stores the location of the principal as a location attribute of a presence profile of the principal.

34. The system of claim 33, wherein the presence service is adapted to provide access to the location attribute of the presence profile of the principal to one or more authorized users of a presence service.

35. The system of claim 34, wherein providing access to the location attribute of the presence profile of the principal to one or more authorized users of the presence service comprises providing a notification of a change of the location attribute to one or more subscribers to the presence profile.

36. The system of claim 35, wherein providing access to the location attribute of the presence profile of the principal to one or more subscribers to the presence profile is based on one or more policies of the presence service.

37. The system of claim 34, wherein providing access to the location attribute of the presence profile of the principal to one or more authorized users of the presence service comprises:

receiving a request to access the location attribute of the presence profile of the principal; and

in response to the request, providing access to the location attribute of the presence profile of the principal.

38. The system of claim 37, wherein the request to access the location attribute of the presence profile of the principal comprises a request to read the location attribute.

39. The system of claim 37, wherein the request to access the location attribute of the presence profile of the principal comprises a request to modify the location attribute.

40. The system of claim 37, wherein providing access to the location attribute of the presence profile of the principal to one or more subscribers to a presence service is based on one or more policies of the presence service.

41. The system of claim 33, wherein receiving the presence event related to the principal comprises receiving the presence event from a device of the principal.

42. The system of claim 41, wherein the presence event indicates a location determined by the device.

43. The system of claim 33, wherein receiving the presence event related to the principal comprises receiving the presence event from a third-party to a presence service.

44. The system of claim 33, wherein receiving the presence event related to the principal comprises receiving the presence event from a user agent.

45. The system of claim 33, wherein receiving the presence event related to the principal comprises receiving the presence event from a presence network agent.

46. The system of claim 43, wherein the presence event indicates a location determined by the third-party to the presence service.

47. The system of claim 46, wherein the third party comprises an application.

48. The system of claim 46, wherein the third party comprises a user agent.

49. The system of claim 46, wherein the third party comprises a network resource.

50. The system of claim 34, wherein providing access to the location attribute of the presence profile of the principal to one or more authorized users of a presence service comprises providing one or more services utilizing the location attribute.

51. The system of claim 50, wherein the one or more services comprise a Ringback Tone (RBT) service wherein the RBT service provides one of a plurality of RBTs based on the location attribute of the presence profile of the principal.

52. The system of claim 50, wherein the one or more services comprise a proximity service wherein the proximity service provides a notification to the principal of proximity to a location of interest based on the location attribute of the presence profile of the principal.

53. The system of claim 52, wherein the location of interest comprises a current location of another user.

54. The system of claim 53, wherein the notification to the principal of proximity to the location of interest includes an option to contact the other user.

55. The system of claim 52, wherein the location of interest comprises a location of a business.

56. The system of claim 52, wherein the location of interest comprises a location of a promotion.