METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING PRESENCE INFORMATION OF A USER TERMINAL

• US 20120102150A1
• Filed: 06/17/2009
• Published: 04/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Wang, Zhi
• Application Number:
  US13/378,849
• Publication Number:
  US 20120102150A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• 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

In order to solve the problem in the prior art that presence information can not be correctly displayed according to the actual source of presence information in case of such as call forward, the present invention provides a method and device in a network server for controlling presence information of a first user equipment. The method comprises: receiving instruction information, wherein the instruction information is used for indicating to display presence information of the first user equipment as presence information of a second user equipment; obtaining presence information of the second user equipment; providing presence information of the second user equipment to an observer subscribing to presence information of the first user equipment, so that presence information of the first user equipment, to which the observer subscribes, is displayed as presence information of the second user equipment. Using the solution of the present invention, the relocation for presence information of a user equipment can be achieved, which enables the user to show his presence information to other users subscribing to his presence information more flexibly.

Claims

1. A method, in a network server, of controlling presence information of a first user equipment, wherein the method comprises the following steps of:

a. receiving instruction information, wherein the instruction information is used for indicating to display presence information of the first user equipment as presence information of a second user equipment;

b. obtaining presence information of the second user equipment;

c. providing presence information of the second user equipment to an observer subscribing to presence information of the first user equipment, so that presence information of the first user equipment, to which the observer subscribes, is displayed as presence information of the second user equipment.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, after the step a and prior to the step c, the method further comprises:

i. obtaining a first publish message from the first user equipment, wherein the first publish message comprises presence information of the first user equipment;

ii. buffering the first publish message;

the step c further comprises;

c1. updating the first publish message according to presence information of the second user equipment;

c2. providing the updated first publish message to the observer so that presence information of the first user equipment, to which the observer subscribes, is displayed as presence information of the second user equipment.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step b further comprises:

b1. receiving second publish information from the second user equipment, the second publish information comprising presence information of the second user equipment;

b2. extracting presence information of the second user equipment from the second publish information.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein presence information of the second user equipment is from a third user equipment, the step b further comprises:

obtaining presence information of the third user equipment;

taking presence information of the third user equipment as presence information of the second user equipment.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the network equipment binds presence information of user equipments with a call forward service, the step a further comprises:

obtaining instruction information activating the first user equipment to forward a call to the second user equipment.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step a further comprises:

obtaining instruction information inputted through a voice menu, a button or a website style by the user.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the network equipment comprises a network server based on Internet protocol multimedia subsystem.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the presence information comprises at least one of the followings:

status of the user equipment, communication information and individual information of the user.

9. A control device in a network server for controlling presence information of a first user equipment, wherein the device comprises:

a. a receiving means, for receiving instruction information, wherein the instruction information is used for indicating to display presence information of the first user equipment as presence information of a second user equipment;

b. an obtaining means, for obtaining presence information of the second user equipment;

c. a providing means, for providing presence information of the second user equipment to an observer subscribing to presence information of the first user equipment, so that presence information of the first user equipment, to which the observer subscribes, is displayed as presence information of the second user equipment.

10. The control device according to claim 9, wherein the obtaining means is further used for obtaining a first publish message from the first user equipment, wherein the first publish message comprises presence information of the first user equipment;

the control device further comprises;

a storing means, for buffering the first publish message;

the providing means further comprises;

an updating means, for updating the first publish message according to presence information of the second user equipment;

the providing means is further used for providing the updated first publish message to the observer so that presence information of the first user equipment, to which the observer subscribes, is displayed as presence information of the second user equipment.

11. The control device according to claim 9, wherein the obtaining means is further used for receiving second publish information from the second user equipment, the second publish information comprising presence information of the second user equipment;

The obtaining means further comprises an extracting means for extracting presence information of the second user equipment from the second publish message.

12. The control device according to claim 9, wherein presence information of the second user equipment is from a third user equipment, the obtaining means is further used for obtaining presence information of the third user equipment and taking presence information of the third user equipment as presence information of the second user equipment.

13. The control device according to claim 9, wherein the network equipment binds presence information of user equipments with a call forward service, the receiving means is further used for:

obtaining instruction information activating the first user equipment to forward a call to the second user equipment.

14. The control device according to claim 9, wherein the receiving means is further used for:

obtaining instruction information inputted through a voice menu, a button or a website style by the user.

15. The control device according to claim 9, wherein the network equipment comprises a network server based on Internet protocol multimedia subsystem.