Apparatus, and an associated method, for providing and using opaque presence indications in a presence service
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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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Abstract
An apparatus, and an associated method, enables presence information of a presentity to be retrieved by a watcher. Elements, or portions, of the presence information may be made selectively opaque (unreadable) to any but authorized watchers or other consumers of the presentity information.
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1. A method for using presentity-provided presence information, said method comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 24, 25, 26)
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15. An apparatus for using presentity-provided presence information, said apparatus comprising:
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a detector configured to detect at least one presentity presence indication including a file having a first set of presentity information and a second set of presentity information; an indication opaquer configured to form an opaque representation of the first set of presentity presence information, and form a second representation of the second set of presentity presence information, such that a modified presentity presence indication is formed; and a publisher provider configured to publish the modified presentity presence indication formed by the indication opaquer. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 27, 28, 29)
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19. An apparatus for facilitating use of presentity provided presence information, said apparatus comprising:
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a requester configured to request presence information associated with a presentity; a clear-information generator usable to generate clear information from opaque information; a detector configured to detect a response to a request made by said requestor; and a watcher configured to derive or compute presence indications based on a combination of opaque and non-opaque presence information. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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