System for providing anonymous presence information, method thereof and program storage medium storing program thereof
First Claim
1. A system for providing anonymous presence information, said system being capable of communicating with a presence service server,said presence service server forwarding first presence information received from an apparatus, said first presence information including an apparatus identifier for identifying the apparatus,said system comprising:
- a means for receiving the first presence information from the presence service server;
a means for generating anonymous presence information from the first presence information, said anonymous presence information including first information instead of the apparatus identifier, said first information being decodable into the apparatus identifier; and
a means for generating decoding information for decoding the first information into the apparatus identifier.
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Abstract
An application server receives presence information with anonymous identification information of a presentity client. The application server transmits a message to an information distribution proxy. The message is addressed not to the identification information of the presentity client, but to the anonymous identification information of the presentity client. The information distribution proxy converts the anonymous identification information into real identification information, and forwards the message to the presentity client. Therefore, the application server does not know the real identification information of the presentity client. That is, there is no need for the application server to directly treat personal information, thereby producing the effect of eliminating the need for strict management of presence information.
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1. A system for providing anonymous presence information, said system being capable of communicating with a presence service server,
said presence service server forwarding first presence information received from an apparatus, said first presence information including an apparatus identifier for identifying the apparatus, said system comprising: -
a means for receiving the first presence information from the presence service server; a means for generating anonymous presence information from the first presence information, said anonymous presence information including first information instead of the apparatus identifier, said first information being decodable into the apparatus identifier; and a means for generating decoding information for decoding the first information into the apparatus identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method executed by a system for providing anonymous presence information,
said system being capable of communicating with a presence service server, said presence service server forwarding presence information received from an apparatus, said presence information including status information representing status of the apparatus and an apparatus identifier for identifying the apparatus, said method comprising: -
a step of receiving the presence information from the presence service server; a step of generating anonymous presence information from the presence information, said anonymous presence information including first information instead of the apparatus identifier, said first information being decodable into the apparatus identifier; and a step of generating decoding information for decoding the first information into the apparatus identifier. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A program storage medium readable by a computer system, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the computer system to perform method steps of a method for providing anonymous presence information,
said computer system being capable of communicating with a presence service server, said presence service server forwarding presence information received from an apparatus, said presence information including status information representing status of the apparatus and an apparatus identifier for identifying the apparatus, said method comprising: -
a step of receiving the presence information from the presence service server; a step of generating anonymous presence information from the presence information, said anonymous presence information including first information instead of the apparatus identifier, said first information being decodable into the apparatus identifier; and a step of generating decoding information for decoding the first information into the apparatus identifier. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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