METHOD AND SYSTEM OF UPDATING PRESENCE INFORMATION IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
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1. A method of updating presence information for a plurality of presentities, the method comprising:
- at a presence server;
defining a group of presentities that share the same value for a first presence attribute;
receiving, from a communication device, an update of the value for the first presence attribute for one of the presentities in the group; and
applying the update of the value to all of the presentities in the group.
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Abstract
In implementing a method of updating presence information for a plurality of presentities in a communication system, a presence server: defines a group of presentities that share the same value for a first presence attribute; receives an update of the value of the first presence attribute for one of the presentities in the group; and applies the update of the value to all of the presentities in the group.
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1. A method of updating presence information for a plurality of presentities, the method comprising:
at a presence server; defining a group of presentities that share the same value for a first presence attribute; receiving, from a communication device, an update of the value for the first presence attribute for one of the presentities in the group; and applying the update of the value to all of the presentities in the group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of updating presence information for a plurality of presentities, the method comprising:
at a first communication device that reports presence information for a first presentity; determining that a second communication device that reports presence information for a second presentity has the same value of a first presence attribute as the first presentity; and instructing a presence server to apply, to the first presentity, the value of the first presence attribute for the second presentity. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for updating presence information for a plurality of presentities, the system comprising:
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a group management entity that defines a group of presentities that share the same value for a first presence attribute, wherein each of the presentities in the group are members of the same communication group; and a presence server that;
receives from the group management entity an identifier for each presentity in the communication group;
receives an update of the value of the first presence attribute for one of the presentities in the communication group; and
applies the update of the value to all of the presentities in the communication group.
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