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Methods for managing presence information in a real-time communications network

US7707286B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 11, 2007
Grant dateApr 27, 2010
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Expiry dateMar 18, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W76/45
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods for updating presence information between a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE over a communications network are presented including: on an INVITE message delivery failure to the second UE from the first UE, sending a first PUBLISH message on behalf of the second UE to a presence server by a communications server; sending a NOTIFY message to the first UE by the presence server; and setting a current presence status of the second UE to UNAVAILABLE. In some embodiments, methods further include: if an immediately previous presence status of the second UE is set to AVAILABLE, sending a NOTIFY message to all watchers of the second UE to indicate the current presence status of the second UE. In some embodiments, the first PUBLISH message utilizes a user-agent header to indicate that the communications server originated the first PUBLISH message.

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