Patent ID: 9357026
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for obtaining buddy data associated with buddies of a presentity in a communication network, the method comprising: storing, at a server, information associated with a plurality of users associated with said presentity as said buddy data; receiving, at said server, a request from a watcher for buddy data of said presentity; authorizing, at least in part by said server, said request for buddy data; and transmitting, by said server, said buddy information to said watcher, wherein said buddy data includes information which identifies another presentity, but which information is not usable to directly contact said another presentity , and wherein the method further comprising receiving, at said server, a request from said watcher to subscribe to presence information associated with said another presentity; and forwarding, by said server, said request to said another presentity as a message which is relayed from said presentity.