Method and system for providing presence information
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1. A method for providing presence information associated with a first user of a telecommunications network, comprising:
- collecting from at least one network apparatus user-related data adapted to build the presence information of said first user;
publishing collected user-related data, wherein said publishing comprises arranging the collected user-related data in the presence information;
conditioning said collecting to receipt from at least a second user of a request for providing the presence information for said first user;
varying a counter value in a first direction each time a request for providing the presence information is received;
varying the counter value in a second direction opposite to the first direction each time a request to stop providing the presence information is received; and
instructing a presence network agent server to stop collecting the user-related data of said first user when the counter value reaches a predetermined value.
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Abstract
A method for providing presence information associated with a first user of a telecommunications network, includes collecting from at least one network apparatus user-related data adapted to build the presence information; and publishing the collected user-related data. The publishing includes arranging the collected user-related data in the presence information and making it available to at least a second user. The collecting of the user-related data from the network apparatus is conditioned to the receipt from the second user of a request for providing the presence information for the first user.
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1. A method for providing presence information associated with a first user of a telecommunications network, comprising:
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collecting from at least one network apparatus user-related data adapted to build the presence information of said first user; publishing collected user-related data, wherein said publishing comprises arranging the collected user-related data in the presence information; conditioning said collecting to receipt from at least a second user of a request for providing the presence information for said first user; varying a counter value in a first direction each time a request for providing the presence information is received; varying the counter value in a second direction opposite to the first direction each time a request to stop providing the presence information is received; and instructing a presence network agent server to stop collecting the user-related data of said first user when the counter value reaches a predetermined value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for providing presence information associated with a first user of a telecommunications network, comprising:
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at least one network apparatus; at least one presence network agent server operatively associated with the at least one network apparatus and capable of being adapted to collect from the at least one network apparatus user-related data capable of being adapted to build the presence information; a presence server operatively associated with the at least one presence network agent server and capable of being adapted to receive therefrom the collected user-related data and to arrange the collected user-related data in the presence information; and a network function server capable of being adapted to; condition said collecting by the at least one presence network agent server to receipt from at least a second user of a request for providing the presence information for said first user; vary a counter value in a first direction each time a request for providing the presence information is received; vary the counter value in a second direction opposite to the first direction each time a request to stop providing the presence information is received; and instruct the at least one presence network agent server to stop collecting the user-related data of said first user when the counter value reaches a predetermined value. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of collecting user-related data comprising:
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collecting user-related data related to a first user of a telecommunications network from at least one network apparatus; publishing collected user-related data for building presence information associated with said first user; conditioning said collecting to receipt from at least a second user of a request for providing the presence information for said first user; varying a counter value in a first direction each time a request for providing the presence information is received; varying the counter value in a second direction opposite to the first direction each time a request to stop providing the presence information is received; and stopping collecting the user-related data of said first user when the counter value reaches a predetermined value.
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22. A system for providing presence information associated with a first user of a telecommunications network, comprising:
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at least one network apparatus; a presence network agent server adapted for use in a telecommunications network implementing a presence service, the presence network agent server being adapted to be operatively associated with the at least one network apparatus and to collect therefrom user-related data related to a first user capable of being adapted to build the presence information associated with the first user, and to publish the user-related data; and a network function server capable of being adapted to; condition said collecting by the at least one presence network agent server to receipt from at least a second user of a request for providing the presence information for said first user; vary a counter value in a first direction each time a request for providing the presence information is received; vary the counter value in a second direction opposite to the first direction each time a request to stop providing the presence information is received; and instruct the at least one presence network agent server to stop collecting the user-related data of said first user when the counter value reaches a predetermined value.
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