METHOD & APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING THE PRESENCE OF A SHARED CLIENT COMMUNICATION DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method of displaying presence information in a contact listing associated with a:
- plurality of shared and non-shared client devices comprising;
at least one of the plurality of the shared client devices generating presence information and sending the presence information to a presence service;
the presence service publishing the presence information to selected ones of the plurality of the shared and non-shared client devices that are members of a group according to a publication map; and
the selected ones of the plurality of the shared and non-shared client devices receiving the published presence information and displaying the presence information in a multi-level contact directory of a least one of the selected ones of the plurality of the shared and non-shared client devices according to a set of permission rules.
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Abstract
One or more presence capable shared or non-shared client communication devices that are members of a communications group are connected to a communications network server that is capable of receiving presence information from any of the shared or non-shared client communication devices and publishing this presence information to other member of the group. The network server maintains publication instructions that are based upon a listing of the member in the group and only publishes presence information to shared and non-shared client communication devices that are members of the group. The network server also maintains permissions rules, created a primary user of a shared client communication device, that limits access by non-primary users to the shared client communication device who are member of the communications group and that controls how the presence information is displayed in a multi-level contact directory located at either a shared or non-shared client communication device.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of displaying presence information in a contact listing associated with a:
- plurality of shared and non-shared client devices comprising;
at least one of the plurality of the shared client devices generating presence information and sending the presence information to a presence service; the presence service publishing the presence information to selected ones of the plurality of the shared and non-shared client devices that are members of a group according to a publication map; and the selected ones of the plurality of the shared and non-shared client devices receiving the published presence information and displaying the presence information in a multi-level contact directory of a least one of the selected ones of the plurality of the shared and non-shared client devices according to a set of permission rules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- plurality of shared and non-shared client devices comprising;
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10. A method of displaying presence information in a contact listing associated with a plurality of non-shared client devices comprising:
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at least one of a shared client device generating presence information and sending the presence information to a presence service; the presence service publishing the presence information to selected ones of the plurality of the non-shared client devices that are members of a group according to a publication map; and the selected ones of the plurality of the non-shared client devices receiving the published presence information and displaying the presence information in a multi-level contact directory of at least one of the selected ones of the plurality of the non-shared client devices according to a set of permission rules. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A communication device for displaying presence information, comprising:
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a client communication application; presence functionality; and a multi-level contact listing for displaying received presence information according to a set of pre-determined permission rules. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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