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Selective presence notification

  • US 7,984,102 B1
  • Filed: 07/22/2008
  • Issued: 07/19/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • monitoring, by a computer, a plurality of presence notification messages, each presence notification message including address information;

    determining, by a computer, if a presence notification message is allowable based on the address information included in the presence notification message, wherein the address information identifies at least one of a recipient or a sender of the presence notification message, and wherein determining if a presence notification message is allowable comprises;

    determining if a sender of the presence notification message and a recipient of the presence notification message are an approved sender and recipient pair; and

    determining the presence notification is allowable if the sender of the presence notification message and the recipient of the presence notification message are an approved sender and recipient pair; and

    if the presence notification message is allowable, allowing, by a computer, transmission of the presence notification message.

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