Comunnication system

• US 20050282526A1
• Filed: 10/09/2002
• Published: 12/22/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Lonnfors, MIkko, Leppanen, Eva-Maria, Kiss, Krisztian, Kalliokulju, Juha
• Granted Patent: US 10,084,634 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• 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: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

This invention relates to a communication system comprising a least one user with which presence information is associated, said presence information comprising a plurality of parts, at least one of said parts comprising information identifying an application for which said at least one part is intended; and at least one entity to which presence information associated with said at least one user is provided, said at least one entity having at least one entity application, said at least one entity being arranged to use said information to obtain the at least one part intended for said at least one entity application.

Claims

1. A communication system comprising:

a least one user with which presence information is associated, said presence information comprising a plurality of parts, at least one of said parts comprising information identifying an application for which said at least one part is intended; and

at least one entity to which presence information associated with said at least one user is provided, said at least one entity having at least one entity application, said at least one entity being arranged to use said information to obtain the at least one part intended for said at least one entity application.

2. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one entity comprises means for receiving said at least one part of said information.

3. A system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said entity comprises means for directing said at least one part of said information to the identified entity application.

4. A system as claimed in claim 3, wherein said directing means comprises an application engine.

5. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said entity is a user.

6. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said entity receives said at least one part of said information in response to a request from entity.

7. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one user comprises at least one application.

8. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one user comprises a presence engine.

9. A system as claimed in claim 8, wherein said at least one application is arrange to register with said presence engine said information identifying said application.

10. A system as claimed in claim 8, wherein at least one of said at least one application and said presence engine is arranged to add said identifying information to at least one part.

11. A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein said users comprise user equipment.

12. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said presence information comprises at least one of the following parts of information:

Subscriber status;

Network status;

communication means;

Contact address, Subscriber provided location;

Network provided location;

text;

priority;

mood, favourite colour.

13. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the system operates in accordance with a session initiation protocol (SIP).

14. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said part of information comprises a tuple.

15. A system as claimed in claim 14, wherein said tuple comprises information identifying said user and said application identifying information.

16. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said entity is arranged to request only one or more parts of said presence information processed by one or more applications of said entity.

17. A system as claimed in claim 16, wherein filtering means are provided for providing only the requested parts of said presence information.

18. A system as claimed in claim 17, wherein said filtering means are provided in at least one of a server;

a presence server and said at least one user.

19. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one entity is arranged to use said information to filter said presence information.

20. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said entity application being arranged to process the at least one part of the presence information which comprises information identifying said entity application.

21. A communication method comprising the steps of:

providing presence information for an associated user, said presence information comprising a plurality of parts, at least one of said parts comprising information identifying an application for which said at least one part is intended; and

at least one entity obtaining at least one of said parts, said at least one entity having at least one entity application, the at least one entity obtaining the parts comprising information identifying said at least one entity application.

22. A method as claimed in claim 21 comprising the step of processing at said at least one entity application, said at least one part of the presence information which comprises information identifying said entity application.

23. A user in a communications system, said user having associated presence information, said presence information comprising a plurality of parts, said user being arranged to provide at least one of said parts with information identifying an application for which said at least one part is intended.

24. An entity in a communications system, said entity comprising:

at least one application obtaining means for obtaining at least one part of presence information associated with an user, the at least one part comprising information identifying an application, the obtaining means being arranged to obtain the at least part comprising information identifying said at least one application.

25. A entity as claimed in claim 24, wherein the application identified in said at least one part is arranged to process said at least one part of the presence information which comprises information identifying said application.