METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING A PRESENCE CONTEXT WITHIN A PRESENCE PLATFORM

• US 20100262661A1
• Filed: 04/09/2009
• Published: 10/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: MARTIN-COCHER, Gaelle Christine, McCOLGAN, Brian Edward Anthony
• Application Number:
  US12/421,274
• Publication Number:
  US 20100262661A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/043 using or handling presence information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area

Abstract

A method within a computing execution environment for the establishment of a context for a watcher, the method receiving a subscription request including a service identifier; associating the service identifier with a service context for a service; and applying the service context to information returned to the watcher.

Claims

1. A method within a computing execution environment for the establishment of a context for a watcher, the method comprising:

receiving a subscription request including a service identifier;

associating the service identifier with a service context for a service; and

applying the service context to information returned to the watcher.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the service context relates to at least one of presence, location or generic service aspects, or represents a computed or combined indication of presence, location or generic service aspects.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing environment includes a presence access layer.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the subscription request further includes a resource identifier used to identify a presentity or buddy-list.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the resource identifier is a group identifier utilized to narrow a set of target individuals for whom a watcher receives information.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the information returned to the watcher includes an enumeration of presence aspects and triggers and policy types or values resolved for a given presence context.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the subscription request is a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) POST message.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the information returned is returned in a hypertext transfer protocol HTTP/206-OK( ) message or an HTTP/200-OK( ) message.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the subscription request and information returned utilize session initiation protocol messaging.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the service context is for a single application or for a group of applications.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the associating further refines the service context.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the refining is based on one or more of an identity of a watcher, group membership of a watcher, information within the subscription request and the service.

13. An execution environment including an access layer or server, comprising a processor configured to:

receive a subscription request including a service identifier;

associate the service identifier with a service context for a service; and

apply the service context to information returned to a watcher.

14. The execution environment of claim 13, wherein the service context relates to at least one of presence, location or generic service aspects, or represents a computed or combined indication of presence, location or generic service aspects.

15. The execution environment of claim 13, wherein the access layer or server relate to one or both of presence and location platforms.

16. The execution environment of claim 13, wherein the subscription request further includes a resource identifier used to identify a presentity or buddy-list.

17. The execution environment of claim 16, wherein the resource identifier is a group identifier utilized to narrow a set of target individuals for whom the watcher receives information.

18. The execution environment of claim 13, wherein the information returned to the watcher includes an enumeration of presence aspects and triggers and policy types or values resolved for a given presence context.

19. The execution environment of claim 13, wherein the subscription request is a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) POST message.

20. The execution environment of claim 13, wherein the information returned is returned in a hypertext transfer protocol HTTP/206-OK( ) message or an HTTP/200-OK( ) message.

21. The execution environment of claim 13, wherein the subscription request and information returned utilize session initiation protocol messaging.

22. The execution environment of claim 13, wherein the service context is for a single application or for a group of applications.

23. The execution environment of claim 13, wherein the associating further refines the service context.

24. The execution environment of claim 23, wherein the refining is based on one or more of an identity of a watcher, group membership of a watcher, information within the subscription request and the service.