Event notification control based on data about a user's communication device stored in a user notification profile

• US 20090003362A1
• Filed: 06/28/2007
• Published: 01/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Varney, Douglas W., Vemuri, Kumar V., Pattabhiraman, Ramesh V.
• Granted Patent: US 7,990,900 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/401
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/043 using or handling presence information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

An exemplary method is implemented in a communication system in which periodically updated data for respective end-users is stored in a notification profile at a communication infrastructure node. The updated data is based on conditions associated with each end-user'"'"'s communication device and its network context, where the data is not presence status. Predetermined rules are stored at the communication infrastructure node and generate respective results based on factors such as network contextual data and corresponding values contained in the notification profile data for each end-user. An event is detected by the communication infrastructure node where the event is intended to cause communication with all the communication devices that are interested in that event. The communication infrastructure node determines an action to be taken in response to the event based on the results of the rules for data associated with the first end-user. The communication infrastructure node implements the action related to the first end-user.

Claims

1. A method implemented in a communication system comprising the steps of:

storing, in a notification profile at a communication infrastructure node, periodically updated data for respective end-users, the updated data representing conditions associated with each end-user'"'"'s communication device, where the data is not presence status;

storing at the communication infrastructure node predetermined rules that generate respective results based on factors and corresponding values contained in the data for each end-user;

detecting an event by the communication infrastructure node where the event is intended to cause a communication with a first end-user'"'"'s communication device;

determining by the communication infrastructure node an action to be taken in response to the event based on the results of the rules for data associated with the first end-user;

implementing by the communication infrastructure node the action related to the first end-user.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the determining step determines the action to be taken based on the factors which correspond to the event being considered.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of receiving a presence packet from an end-user'"'"'s indication device where the packet contains presence status information and the data that represents conditions or attributes associated with the end-user'"'"'s communication device or its connectivity with the network.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising the steps of receiving the presence packet by a presence server, parsing the packet by the presence server, and transmitting the updated data contained in the packet to the communication infrastructure node for storage in a record in the notification profile associated with the corresponding end-user'"'"'s communication device.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein each factor identifies one condition associated with the end-user'"'"'s communication device and a value corresponding to the factor indicates a measurement of the associated condition.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the implementing step determines whether a communication will be made from the communication infrastructure node to the first end-user'"'"'s communication device based on the corresponding detected event.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the implementing step controls how the corresponding event is to be communicated to the first end-user'"'"'s indication device.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the factors comprise at least one of communication bandwidth available to the end-user'"'"'s communication device in the state of charge of the battery of the end-user'"'"'s communication device.

9. A communication server comprising:

a microprocessor controlled apparatus that stores in a notification profile periodically updated data for respective end-users, the updated data representing conditions associated with each end-user'"'"'s communication device, where the data is not presence status;

the microprocessor controlled apparatus also stores predetermined rules that generate respective results based on factors and corresponding values contained in the data for each end-user;

the microprocessor controlled apparatus detects events where each event is intended to cause a communication with a first end-user'"'"'s communication device;

the microprocessor controlled apparatus determines an action to be taken in response to the event based on the results of the rules for data associated with the first end-user;

the microprocessor controlled apparatus implements the action related to the first end-user.

10. The communication server of claim 9 wherein the microprocessor controlled apparatus determines the action to be taken based on the factors which correspond to the event being considered.

11. The communication server of claim 9 further comprising the microprocessor controlled apparatus receiving the updated data from a presence server that parses the data from a presence packet from a corresponding end-user'"'"'s communication device.

12. The communication server of claim 9 wherein each factor identifies one condition associated with the end-user'"'"'s communication device and a value corresponding to the factor indicates a measurement of the associated condition.

13. The communication server of claim 9 wherein the microprocessor controlled apparatus determines whether a communication will be made to the first end-user'"'"'s communication device based on the corresponding detected event.

14. The communication server of the claim 9 wherein the microprocessor controlled apparatus controls how the event is to be communicated to the first end-user'"'"'s indication device.

15. The communication server of claim 9 wherein the factors comprise at least one of communication bandwidth available to the end-user'"'"'s communication device in the state of charge of the battery of the end-user'"'"'s communication device.