Enabling and supporting a presence server cache

• US 9,596,198 B2
• Filed: 05/07/2012
• Issued: 03/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Beerse, Chelsea Christine, O'Sullivan, Patrick Joseph, Sloyer, Jeffrey B., Zimmet, Carol Sue
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Nam
• Application Number:
  US13/465,355
• Publication Number:
  US 20130297707A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,772 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/043 using or handling presence information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• 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

A method, computer program product, and computer system for enabling and supporting a presence server cache are described herein. A presence server cache may receive a plurality of requests to poll a status of a contact from a plurality of clients. The presence server cache may determine the status of the contact. If the status of the contact is unavailable at the presence server cache, the presence server cache may transmit a request for the status of the contact to a presence server. The presence server cache may transmit the status of the contact of the user to the plurality of clients.

Claims

1. A computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by a presence server cache, a request for a status of an instant messaging user;

searching, by the presence server cache, for a status indicator associated with the instant messaging user;

determining, by the presence server cache, that the status indicator associated with the instant messaging user is not included within the presence server cache;

transmitting, by the presence server cache, a request to a the presence server for the status of the instant messaging user; and

creating, by the presence server, an association of a plurality of clients with the presence server cache, the association based upon, at least in part, a type of client device on which the plurality of clients operate, wherein the association of the plurality of clients with the presence server cache is further based upon, at least in part, a same buddy list change made by a plurality of users of the plurality of clients, wherein the buddy list change results in a change in association of the plurality of clients with the presence server cache to a second presence server cache.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the association of the plurality of clients with the presence server cache is further based upon, at least in part, one of a geographic location, and a user-group designation.

3. The computer program product of claim 1, further comprising:

assessing, by the presence server, the association of the plurality of clients with the presence server cache on a periodic basis.

4. The computer program product of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting, by the presence server cache, a status indicator for each of the plurality of clients associated with the presence server cache to the presence server on a periodic basis.

5. The computer program product of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the presence server cache, a second request for a status of the instant messaging user from a client;

determining, by the presence server cache, the client is associated with the second presence server cache;

requesting, by the presence server cache, the status indicator associated with the instant messaging user from the second presence server cache; and

transmitting, by the presence server cache, the status indicator associated with the instant messaging user received from the second presence server cache to the client.

6. The computer program product of claim 1, further comprising receiving from the presence server an updated status indicator for a plurality of instant messaging users.

7. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the request for the status indicator associated with the instant messaging user is transmitted from the presence server cache to the presence server on a periodic basis.

8. A computing system including a processor and memory configured to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by a presence server cache, a request for a status of an instant messaging user;

searching, by the presence server cache, for a status indicator associated with the instant messaging user;

determining, by the presence server cache, that the status indicator associated with the instant messaging user is not included within the presence server cache;

transmitting, by the presence server cache, a request to a the presence server for the status of the instant messaging user; and

creating, by the presence server, an association of a plurality of clients with the presence server cache, the association based upon, at least in part, a type of client device on which the plurality of clients operate, wherein the association of the plurality of clients with the presence server cache is further based upon, at least in part, a same buddy list change made by a plurality of users of the plurality of clients, wherein the buddy list change results in a change in association of the plurality of clients with the presence server cache to a second presence server cache.

9. The computing system of claim 8, wherein the association of the plurality of clients with the presence server cache is further based upon, at least in part, one of a geographic location, and a user-group designation.

10. The computing system of claim 8, further comprising:

assessing, by the presence server, the association of the plurality of clients with the presence server cache on a periodic basis.

11. The computing system of claim 8, further comprising:

transmitting, by the presence server cache, a status indicator for each of the plurality of clients associated with the presence server cache to the presence server on a periodic basis.

12. The computing system of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving, by the presence server cache, a second request for a status of the instant messaging user from a client;

determining, by the presence server cache, the client is associated with the second presence server cache;

requesting, by the presence server cache, the status indicator associated with the instant messaging user from the second presence server cache; and

transmitting, by the presence server cache, the status indicator associated with the instant messaging user received from the second presence server cache to the client.

13. The computing system of claim 8, further comprising receiving from the presence server an updated status indicator for a plurality of instant messaging users.