Patent ID: 9307038
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for presence notification based on a sequence of events, the method comprising: at a presence server: receiving, from a client entity, a subscription to a presentity that includes a sequence of events which define a trigger that controls when the presence server sends a notification to the client entity, wherein the subscription further indicates a time period parameter for the sequence of events, wherein the sequence of events comprises a plurality of events, wherein at least two events in the sequence of events occur at different times over a time period associated with the time period parameter, and wherein an event comprises a state transition from one value to a different value for one or more presence information elements; receiving presence information and monitoring the presence information based on the indicated time period parameter to detect an occurrence of the sequence of events; and sending the notification to the client entity when the monitored presence information satisfies the trigger, wherein the monitored presence information satisfies the trigger: