Patent ID: 9392427
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of providing user presence information in a personal communications system comprising a base station interface unit connectable to a wireless headset and a mobile phone and a computer, the interface unit comprising: a computer interface for connecting the interface unit to a client computer; and at least one of wherein the method comprises the steps of: establishing a first direct wireless audio and data communication link between the interface unit and the mobile phone; establishing a second direct wireless audio and data communication link between the interface unit and the headset, separate from said first link; establishing a third direct communications link between the interface unit and the desktop telephone; simultaneously monitoring, at the interface unit, the in-use status of the mobile phone, headset and desktop telephone generating, based on signals in-use status information from said interface unit, a presence message indicating whether said mobile telephone or said desktop telephone or headset is currently involved in a phone call; and transmitting said presence message to said client computer via said computer interface; receiving said presence message in a presence application running on said client computer; combining in said presence application running on said client computer the received presence message with presence messages received from other sources related to said client computer to achieve aggregated presence information; and transmitting said aggregated presence information from said presence application running on said client computer to a presence server; wherein said presence indicator is determined by monitoring the activity of the computer associated with said interface unit and if activity has occurred within a predetermined period of time, sending a signal to the presence indicator.