System and method for global positioning system enhanced presence rules
First Claim
1. A telecommunications system, comprising:
- a plurality of remote clients including a positioning controller and a communications controller, said positioning controller receiving position information and said communications controller communicating said position information; and
a server including a coordinating controller for maintaining a database of location-presence rules for remote clients that are being tracked;
wherein said location-presence rules are user-configurable from a network client;
wherein said location-presence rules define user availability on a plurality of user devices associated with the user; and
wherein said location-presence rules define one or more contexts with regard to a predetermined geographic boundary and define particular ones of said plurality of remote clients by which the user may be contacted.
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Abstract
A telecommunications system includes a plurality of remote clients (150) including a positioning controller (504) and a communications controller (502), the positioning controller receiving position information and the communications controller communicating the position information; and a server (152) including a coordinating controller (161) for maintaining a database of location-presence rules for remote clients that are being tracked. The location-presence rules are user-configurable from a network client (122). In certain embodiments of the present invention, the position information is received from a global positioning system and the communications controller is a cellular telephone controller.
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18 Claims
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1. A telecommunications system, comprising:
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a plurality of remote clients including a positioning controller and a communications controller, said positioning controller receiving position information and said communications controller communicating said position information; and a server including a coordinating controller for maintaining a database of location-presence rules for remote clients that are being tracked; wherein said location-presence rules are user-configurable from a network client; wherein said location-presence rules define user availability on a plurality of user devices associated with the user; and wherein said location-presence rules define one or more contexts with regard to a predetermined geographic boundary and define particular ones of said plurality of remote clients by which the user may be contacted. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A telecommunications server, comprising:
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a presence control unit adapted to receive and maintain presence information for a plurality of users; and a location control unit adapted to receive and maintain location information for said plurality of users, said location information correlated with said presence information, said location information being received from remote users having positioning controllers for receiving location information and communication controllers for transmitting said location information to said server via a wireless communication network; wherein presence and location correlation rules are received from one or more network clients operably coupled to said server and associated with said remote users and wherein said location and presence correlation rules define user availability and a plurality of contexts on each of a plurality of user devices associated with a particular user with regard to a predetermined geographic boundary. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A telecommunications method, comprising:
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receiving one or more user positioning and presence correlation rules at a server, wherein positioning information is received from remote users having positioning controllers for receiving location information and communication controllers for transmitting said location information to said server via a wireless communication network; and transmitting said one or more positioning and presence correlation rules to at least one of said remote users; and wherein said positioning and presence correlation rules define user availability and one or more contexts on a plurality of user devices associated with a particular user with regard to a predetermined geographic boundary. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A graphical user interface for setting one or more location and presence correlation parameters for use by remote network devices having positioning controllers for receiving positioning signals and communication controllers for transmitting said positioning signals to a server;
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wherein said positioning signals comprise global positioning system signals; and wherein the location and presence correlation parameters define an availability and one or more contexts of a user at a plurality of devices at a plurality of locations defined by predetermined boundaries.
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