Mobile telephony presence

• US 8,335,525 B2
• Filed: 01/24/2012
• Issued: 12/18/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Plantronics, Inc.
• Inventors: Sarkissian, Frederick, Siegel, Jeffrey
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Tuan A
• Application Number:
  US13/356,851
• Publication Number:
  US 20120122435A1
• Time in Patent Office: 329 Days
• Field of Search: 4554141-4143, 455/421, 455/445, 4554561-4566, 455/457, 455/41.2, 455/74, 455/74.1, 455 901- 902, 709206-207
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6066 including a wireless connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface

Abstract

Systems and methods for reporting of presence information associated with use of a mobile telephone are presented. In one example, a headset that is paired with a cellular mobile phone relays presence information to a presence application running on a computer.

Claims

1. A method for reporting mobile phone activity:

establishing a first link between a mobile phone and wearable communication device;

establishing a second link between a client device and the communication device; and

reporting a notification associated with the mobile phone from the communication device to the client device over the second link.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising translating the notification to a presence state.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the translation is performed at the client device.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising reporting the presence state to a presence server.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the notification indicates the mobile phone is on-a-call.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the notification indicates an incoming call on the mobile phone.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the notification indicates the communication device initiated the mobile phone to make a call.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second links are established by Bluetooth.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first and second links utilize a Bluetooth Headset Profile.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising terminating an audio communication link between the communication device and the mobile phone, and wherein the notification indicates call termination.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising translating the notification to a presence state indicating the user is available.

12. A wearable communication device, comprising:

a controller operable to receive user input; and

a transceiver module coupled to the controller and configured to be operably coupable to a mobile phone over a first wireless link and operably coupable to a client device over a second wireless link;

wherein the module reports a notification associated with the mobile phone from the communication device to client device over the second link.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the client device is configured to translate the notification to a presence state.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the client device is configured to report the presence state to a presence server.

15. The device of claim 12, wherein the notification indicates the mobile phone is on-a-call.

16. The device of claim 12, wherein the notification indicates an incoming call on the mobile phone.

17. The device of claim 12, wherein the notification indicates the controller is initializing the mobile phone for a call.

18. The device of claim 12, wherein the notification indicates the controller is initializing the mobile phone to terminate a call.

19. The device of claim 12, wherein the first and second links are established by Bluetooth.

20. The device of claim 19, wherein the first and second links utilize a Bluetooth Headset Profile.