GLOBAL PRESENCE

• US 20110145347A1
• Filed: 12/01/2010
• Published: 06/16/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Maes, Stéphane H.
• Granted Patent: US 9,509,790 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• 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

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for providing presence information for a principal without a presence or other user agent. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide for publication of presence information independent of a presence agent or other user agent, presence network, or presence server as well as subsequent ways for authorized presence watchers to subscribe to presence and receive notification or query presence information for a principal. Stated another way providing presence information for a principal can comprise receiving presence information related to a first entity from a device without a presence agent at a presence information service and providing the presence information related to the first entity from the presence information service to a second entity.

Claims

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

receiving presence information related to a first entity from a device without a presence agent at a presence information service; and

providing the presence information related to the first entity from the presence information service to a second entity.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising maintaining a set of presence information for one or more principals with the presence information service, the set of presence information including at least the presence information related to the first entity.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein maintaining the set of presence information comprises updating the set of presence information based on the received presence information related to the first entity and one or more policies.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein providing the presence information related to the first entity to the second entity device comprises providing a notification of a change in the presence information for the first entity.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein providing a notification of a change in the presence information related to the first entity is based on one or more policies.

6. The method of claim 3, further comprising receiving a request for the presence information related to the first entity and wherein providing the presence information related to the first entity to the second entity is performed in response to the request.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein providing the presence information related to the first entity to the second entity is based on one or more policies.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein the maintaining the set of presence information comprises saving the presence information in a database.

9. The method of claim 3, wherein providing the presence information related to the first entity to the second entity device comprises providing the presence information related to the first entity via a web service.

10. The method of claim 3, wherein maintaining the set of presence information comprises providing the presence information from the presence information service to a presence server of a presence network.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein maintaining the set of presence information comprises maintaining the set of presence information with a presence server of a presence network and further comprising providing the presence information related to the first entity from the presence information service to the presence server and updating the set of presence information with the presence server based on the presence information related to the first entity and one or more policies.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein providing the presence information related to the first entity to a second entity comprises providing the presence information related to the first entity from the presence server to the second entity via the presence information service.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the presence information related to the first entity at a presence server of a presence network, maintaining a set of presence information for one or more principals with the presence server, the set of presence information including at least the presence information related to the first entity, and providing the presence information related to the first entity from the presence server to the presence information service.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising updating the set of presence information with the presence server based on the presence information related to the first entity and one or more policies.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the presence information related to the first entity comprises receiving one or more of a Short Message Service (SMS) message, a Multimedia Message Service (MMS) message, an email message, an Instant Message (IM), a forum post, a blog post, or a document upload.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the presence information related to the first entity to the second entity comprises providing one or more of a Rich Site Summary (RSS) feed, an email message, a Short Message Service (SMS) message, a Multimedia Message Service (MMS) message, an Instant Message (IM), or a web page.

17. A system comprising:

a first entity device without a presence agent;

a second entity device; and

a presence information service adapted to receive presence information related to a first entity from the first entity device and provide the presence information related to the first entity to the second entity device.

18. The system of claim 17, further comprising a presence server of a presence network, wherein maintaining the set of presence information comprises maintaining the set of presence information with the presence server, wherein the presence information service provides the presence information related to the first entity to the presence server, and wherein the presence server updates the set of presence information based on the presence information related to the first entity and one or more policies.

19. The system of claim 17, further comprising a presence server of a presence network, wherein the presence server receives the presence information related to the first entity from the first entity device, maintains a set of presence information for one or more principals including at least the presence information related to the first entity, and provides the presence information related to the first entity to the presence information service.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein receiving the presence information related to the first entity comprises receiving one or more of a Short Message Service (SMS) message, a Multimedia Message Service (MMS) message, an email message, an Instant Message (IM), a forum post, a blog post, or a document upload.