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Apparatus, and an associated method, for providing and using opaque presence indications in a presence service

  • US 8,386,769 B2
  • Filed: 11/18/2009
  • Issued: 02/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for using presentity-provided presence information, said method comprising:

  • detecting, by a processor of a communication device, at least one presentity presence indication including a first set of presentity presence information and a second set of presentity presence information;

    forming, by a presentity user agent being executed by the processor, an opaque representation of the first set of presentity presence information;

    forming, by the presentity user agent, a second representation of the second set of presentity presence information;

    combining, by the presentity user agent the opaque representation of the first set of presentity presence information with the second representation of the second set of presentity presence information into a modified presentity presence indication; and

    publishing the modified presentity presence indication of the combining operation to a presence server.

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