Method and system for presence detection in a communication system

• US 9,065,930 B2
• Filed: 09/09/2005
• Issued: 06/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Link US All LLC
• Original Assignee: Link US All LLC
• Inventors: Ozog, Francois-Frederic, Block, Robert S.
• Primary Examiner(s): AYOTUNDE, AYODEJI O
• Application Number:
  US11/662,277
• Publication Number:
  US 20090017853A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,574 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• 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 11/022 Paging systems personal calling arrangements or devices G08B3/1008; selective calling networks H04W84/022
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections

Abstract

An exemplary method for providing presence detection in a communication system includes associating the identity of a first entity participating in the communication system, with a communication link of the system, and providing access to information regarding the first entity to other entities participating in the communication system. An exemplary method can further include receiving an indication of an incident, including a class or magnitude of the incident, accessing a list of users authorized to participate in the communication system, based on the indication, and denying users absent from the accessed list, access to the communication system. The last communication mechanism or communication address used by each authorized user can also be determined, and displayed.

Claims

1. A method for providing presence detection in a communication system, comprising:

associating the identity of a first entity participating in the communication system, with a communication link of the system;

providing access to information regarding the first entity to other entities participating in the communication system;

receiving an indication of an incident, including a class or magnitude of the incident;

accessing a list of users authorized to participate in the communication system, based on the indication; and

denying users absent from the accessed list, access to the communication system.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising:

determining the last communication mechanism or communication address used by each authorized user; and

displaying the determined mechanisms or addresses.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the entity is a human being and the information includes at least one of:

medical information regarding the entity;

a security clearance of the entity;

skills of the entity;

a role of the entity in an emergency response plan.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the entity is a machine, and the information includes at least one of:

the current location of the entity;

ownership of the entity; and

performance specifications of the entity.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the steps of associating and accessing are performed in a computer processor.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of accessing the list of users authorized to participate in the communication system, based on the indication comprises accessing the list of users authorized to participate in the communication system, based on the magnitude or class of the indication.

7. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computer, perform operations for providing presence detection in a communication system, the operations comprising:

associating the identity of a first entity participating in the communication system, with a communication link of the system;

providing access to information regarding the first entity to other entities participating in the communication system;

receiving an indication of an incident, including a class or magnitude of the incident;

accessing a list of users authorized to participate in the communication system, based on the indication; and

denying users absent from the accessed list, access to the communication system.

8. The computer readable recording medium of claim 7, wherein the operations comprise:

determining the last communication mechanism or communication address used by each authorized user; and

displaying the determined mechanisms or addresses.

9. The computer readable recording medium of claim 7, wherein the entity is a human being and the information includes at least one of:

medical information regarding the entity;

a security clearance of the entity;

skills of the entity;

a role of the entity in an emergency response plan.

10. The computer readable recording medium of claim 7, wherein the entity is a machine, and the information includes at least one of:

the current location of the entity;

ownership of the entity; and

performance specifications of the entity.

11. The computer readable recording medium of claim 7, wherein the operation of accessing the list of users authorized to participate in the communication system, based on the indication comprises accessing the list of users authorized to participate in the communication system, based on the magnitude or class of the indication.