DETERMINING PRESENCE STATUS BASED ON USER ANALYTICS DATA

• US 20140040345A1
• Filed: 08/06/2012
• Published: 02/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: DELOS REYES, Emerando M., PARKER, Benjamin J., AIT-AMEUR, Samir, KAKADIA, Deepak
• Granted Patent: US 9,026,649 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• 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

A first server is configured to receive data associated with a first user device. The first user device may send the data to the first server via a network device without user interaction, and the data may relate to activity associated with the first user device. The first server is further configured to determine a status, associated with the first user device, based on the data, store information regarding the status, receive permissions for the information regarding the status of the first user device, apply the permissions for the information regarding the status to form an advertised status, and send the advertised status to the network device. The network device may be capable of sending the advertised status to a client device or a second user device based on the permissions.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a first server, data associated with a first user device,

the first user device sending the data to the first server via a network device without user interaction,

the data relating to user analytics associated with the first user device;

determining, by the first server, a status, associated with the first user device, based on the data; and

storing, by the first server, information regarding the status;

receiving, by the first server, permissions for the information regarding the status;

applying, by the first server, the permissions for the information regarding the status to form an advertised status; and

sending, by the first server, the advertised status to the network device,

the network device being capable of sending the advertised status to a client device or a second user device based on the permissions,

the first user device, the second user device, and the client device being associated with different parties.

2. The method of claim 1, where the permissions for the information regarding the status include an instruction to permit the transmission of the advertised status to an authorized device and to prevent the transmission of the advertised status to a device which is not authorized.

3. The method of claim 1, where the information regarding the status includes a first status type and a second status type, the method further comprising:

applying permissions to the first status type and the second status type,

where applying the permissions for the information regarding the status includes applying permissions to the first status type and the second status type.

4. The method of claim 1, where the data relating to user analytics associated with the first user device includes information relating to sessions between the first user device and a network.

5. The method of claim 1, where the data relating to user analytics associated with the first user device includes information relating to call activity of the first user device.

6. The method of claim 1, where the data relating to user analytics associated with the first user device includes information relating to a geographic location of the first user device.

7. The method of claim 1, where the data relating to user analytics associated with the first user device includes information relating to calendar event data associated with the first user device.

8. A system comprising:

a first server to;

receive data associated with a first user device,

the first user device sending the data to the first server via a network device without user interaction,

the data relating to activity associated with the first user device;

determine a status, associated with the first user device, based on the data;

store information regarding the status;

receive permissions for the information regarding the status of the first user device;

apply the permissions for the information regarding the status to form an advertised status; and

send the advertised status to the network device,

the network device being capable of sending the advertised status to a client device or a second user device based on the permissions.

9. The system of claim 8, where the permissions for the information regarding the status include an instruction to permit transmission of the advertised status to an authorized device and to prevent transmission of the advertised status to a device which is not authorized.

10. The system of claim 8, where the information regarding the status includes a first status type and a second status type, the first server is further to:

apply permissions to the first status type and the second status type,

where when applying the permissions for the information regarding the status, the first server is further to apply permissions to the first status type and the second status type.

11. The system of claim 8, where the first user device, the second user device, and the client device are associated with different parties.

12. The system of claim 8, where the data relating to activity associated with the first user device includes information relating to sessions between the first user device and a network.

13. The system of claim 8, where the data relating to activity associated with the first user device includes information relating to call activity of the first user device.

14. The system of claim 8, where the data relating to activity associated with the first user device includes information relating to a geographic location of the first user device.

15. The system of claim 8, where the data relating to activity associated with the first user device includes information relating to calendar event data associated with the first user device.

16. A computer-readable medium comprising:

a plurality of instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors associated with a first server, cause the one or more processors to;

receive data associated with a first user device,

the first user device sending the data to the first server via a network device without user interaction,

the data relating to activity associated with the first user device;

determine status associated with the first user device, based on the data;

store information regarding the status;

receive permissions for the information regarding the status of the first user device;

apply the permissions for the information regarding the status to form an advertised status; and

send the advertised status to the network device,

the network device being capable of sending the advertised status to a client device or a second user device based on the permissions,

the permissions for the information regarding the status include an instruction to permit the transmission of the advertised status to an authorized device and to prevent the transmission of the advertised status to a device which is not authorized.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, where the information regarding the status includes a first status type and a second status type, and where the plurality of instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

apply permissions to the first status type and the second status type,

where one or more instructions, of the plurality of instructions, to apply the permissions for the information regarding the status, include one or more instructions to cause the one or more processors to;

apply permissions to the first status type and the second status type.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, where the first user device, the second user device, and the client device are associated with different parties.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, where the data relating to activity associated with the first user device includes information relating to sessions between the first user device and a network.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, where the data relating to activity associated with the first user device includes information relating to call activity of the first user device.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, where the data relating to activity associated with the first user device includes information relating to a geographic location of the first user device.