Presence system and information processing equipment, dynamic buddy list generation method in presence system, and presence notification destination controlling method and its program for use with presence system
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1. A presence system, comprising:
- at least one client that includes a plurality of presentity agent means for providing presence information indicating at least the state of own entity;
a plurality of subscriber means for receiving said presence information; and
a server that includes a presence service means for delivering said presence information received from said presentity agent means to said plurality of subscriber means;
wherein said plurality of presentity agent means are provided with a notification means for notifying said presence information to a specific subscriber means only, wherein said plurality of presentity agent means include a means for automatically deriving a list of said specific subscriber means in accordance with a notification destination determination rule held by said plurality of presentity agent means,wherein said notification means notifies said presence information to said specific subscriber means derived only,wherein said subscriber means determines subscriber means to which said presence information is to be notified in accordance with the order in which said subscriber means have performed subscription.
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Abstract
A presentity service client has a presentity that issues presence information to a presence service and a watcher which observes presence information for other presentities; a presence change rule holding part holds a presence change rule; and a presence calculating part changes the presence information for the presentity, using as a trigger a change in presence information of other presentities, based on the presence information of other presentity acquired by the watcher and in accordance with the presence change rule held by a presence change rules holding part.
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1. A presence system, comprising:
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at least one client that includes a plurality of presentity agent means for providing presence information indicating at least the state of own entity; a plurality of subscriber means for receiving said presence information; and a server that includes a presence service means for delivering said presence information received from said presentity agent means to said plurality of subscriber means; wherein said plurality of presentity agent means are provided with a notification means for notifying said presence information to a specific subscriber means only, wherein said plurality of presentity agent means include a means for automatically deriving a list of said specific subscriber means in accordance with a notification destination determination rule held by said plurality of presentity agent means, wherein said notification means notifies said presence information to said specific subscriber means derived only, wherein said subscriber means determines subscriber means to which said presence information is to be notified in accordance with the order in which said subscriber means have performed subscription. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13)
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2. A presence system, comprising:
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at least one client that includes a plurality of presentity agent means for providing presence information indicating at least the state of own entity; a plurality of subscriber means for receiving said presence information; and a server that includes a presence service means for delivering said presence information received from said presentity agent means to said plurality of subscriber means; wherein said plurality of presentity agent means are provided with a notification means for notifying said presence information to a specific subscriber means only, wherein said plurality of presentity agent means include a means for automatically deriving a list of said specific subscriber means in accordance with a notification destination determination rule that includes a notification condition designated by said subscriber means, wherein said notification means notifies said presence information to said specific subscriber means derived only, wherein said subscriber means determines subscriber means to which said presence information is to be notified in accordance with the order in which said subscriber means have performed subscription.
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8. A presence notification destination controlling method, wherein said method is a presence notification destination controlling method for a presence system comprising at least one client that includes a plurality of presentity agent means for providing presence information indicating at least the state of own entity;
- a plurality of subscriber means for receiving said presence information; and
a server that includes a presence service means for delivering said presence information received from said presentity agent means to said plurality of subscriber means;and said method comprising on the side of said presentity agent means a step of notifying said presence information to a specific subscriber means only, wherein a step of automatically deriving a list of said specific subscriber means in accordance with a notification destination determination rule held by said plurality of presentity agent means is included on the side of said plurality of presentity agent means, wherein the step of notifying said presence information notifies said presence information to said specific subscriber means derived only, wherein said subscriber means determines subscriber means to which said presence information is to be notified in accordance with the order in which said subscriber means have performed subscription. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 14)
- a plurality of subscriber means for receiving said presence information; and
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9. A presence notification destination controlling method, wherein said method is a presence notification destination controlling method for a presence system comprising at least one client that includes a plurality of presentity agent means for providing presence information indicating at least the state of own entity;
- a plurality of subscriber means for receiving said presence information; and
a server that includes a presence service that delivers means for delivering said presence information received from said presentity agent means to said plurality of subscriber means;and comprising on the side of said presentity agent means a step of notifying said presence information to a specific subscriber means only, wherein a step of automatically deriving a list of said specific subscribers means in accordance with a notification destination determination rule that includes a notification condition designated by said subscribers means is included on the side of said plurality of presentity agent means, wherein the step of notifying said presence information notifies said presence information to said specific subscriber means derived only, wherein said subscriber means determines subscriber means to which said presence information is to be notified in accordance with the order in which said subscriber means have performed subscription.
- a plurality of subscriber means for receiving said presence information; and
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a presence notification destination controlling program, wherein said program is a presence notification destination controlling program for a presence system comprising a plurality of presentity agent means for providing for providing presence information indicating at least the state of own entity;
- a plurality of subscriber means for receiving said presence information; and
a presence service means for delivering said presence information received from said presentity agent means to said plurality of subscriber means;and comprising capabilities of having a computer execute a function of notifying said presence information to a specific subscriber means only, wherein a function of automatically deriving a list of said specific subscriber means in accordance with a notification destination determination rule held by said plurality of presentity agent means is included on the side of said plurality of presentity agent means, wherein the function of notifying said presence information notifies said presence information to said specific subscriber means derived only, wherein said subscriber means determines subscriber means to which said presence information is to be notified in accordance with the order in which said subscriber means have performed subscription.
- a plurality of subscriber means for receiving said presence information; and
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