Global presence

• US 9,509,790 B2
• Filed: 12/01/2010
• Issued: 11/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Maes, Stphane H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kassim, Khaled
• Assistant Examiner(s): Yang, Zhaohui
• Application Number:
  US12/957,740
• Publication Number:
  US 20110145347A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,190 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 709/227, 379/88.12
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for providing presence information for a principal without a presence or other user agent. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide for publication of presence information independent of a presence agent or other user agent, presence network, or presence server as well as subsequent ways for authorized presence watchers to subscribe to presence and receive notification or query presence information for a principal. Stated another way providing presence information for a principal can comprise receiving presence information related to a first entity from a device without a presence agent at a presence information service and providing the presence information related to the first entity from the presence information service to a second entity.

Claims

1. A method of providing presence information for a principal, the method comprising:

receiving a message at a presence information service without use of a presence agent, presence network, or presence server, wherein the message includes unconstrained presence information related to a first entity and wherein the message comprises one or more of a Short Message Service (SMS) message, a Multimedia Message Service (MMS) message, an email message, an Instant Message (IM), a forum post, a blog post, or a document upload;

maintaining a set of presence information for one or more principals with the presence information service, the set of presence information comprising a Binary Large Object (BLOB) including at least the presence information related to the first entity, wherein maintaining the set of presence information comprises updating the set of presence information in the BLOB with the presence information related to the first entity from the received message and one or more policies; and

providing the presence information related to the first entity from the presence information service to a second entity without use of a presence network or presence server, wherein providing the presence information related to the first entity to the second entity comprises providing the presence information maintained in the BLOB in one or more of a Rich Site Summary (RSS) feed, an email message, a Short Message Service (SMS) message, a Multimedia Message Service (MMS) message, an Instant Message (IM), or a web page.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the presence information related to the first entity to the second entity device comprises providing a notification of a change in the presence information for the first entity.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein providing a notification of a change in the presence information related to the first entity is based on one or more policies.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a request for the presence information related to the first entity and wherein providing the presence information related to the first entity to the second entity is performed in response to the request.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein providing the presence information related to the first entity to the second entity is based on one or more policies.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the maintaining the set of presence information comprises saving the presence information in a database.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the presence information related to the first entity to the second entity device comprises providing the presence information related to the first entity via a web service.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein maintaining the set of presence information comprises providing the presence information from the presence information service to a presence server of a presence network.

9. A system comprising:

a first entity device;

a second entity device; and

a presence information service adapted to receive a message from the first entity device without use of a presence agent, presence network, or presence server, wherein the message includes unconstrained presence information related to a first entity and wherein the message comprises one or more of a Short Message Service (SMS) message, a Multimedia Message Service (MMS) message, an email message, an Instant Message (IM), a forum post, a blog post, or a document upload, maintaining a set of presence information for one or more principals with the presence information service, the set of presence information comprising a Binary Large Object (BLOB) including at least the presence information related to the first entity, wherein maintaining the set of presence information comprises updating the set of presence information in the BLOB with the presence information related to the first entity from the received message and one or more policies and provide the presence information related to the first entity to the second entity device without use of a presence network or presence server, wherein providing the presence information related to the first entity to the second entity comprises providing the presence information maintained in the BLOB in one or more of a Rich Site Summary (RSS) feed, an email message, a Short Message Service (SMS) message, a Multimedia Message Service (MMS) message, an Instant Message (IM), or a web page.

10. A computer-readable memory comprising a set of instructions stored therein which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to provide presence information for a principal by:

receiving a message at a presence information service without use of a presence agent, presence network, or presence server, wherein the message includes unconstrained presence information related to a first entity and wherein the message comprises one or more of a Short Message Service (SMS) message, a Multimedia Message Service (MMS) message, an email message, an Instant Message (IM), a forum post, a blog post, or a document upload;

maintaining a set of presence information for one or more principals with the presence information service, the set of presence information comprising a Binary Large Object (BLOB) including at least the presence information related to the first entity, wherein maintaining the set of presence information comprises updating the set of presence information in the BLOB with the presence information related to the first entity from the received message and one or more policies; and

providing the presence information related to the first entity from the presence information service to a second entity without use of a presence network or presence server, wherein providing the presence information related to the first entity to the second entity comprises providing the presence information maintained in the BLOB in one or more of a Rich Site Summary (RSS) feed, an email message, a Short Message Service (SMS) message, a Multimedia Message Service (MMS) message, an Instant Message (IM), or a web page.