Patent ID: 8064575
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving into a first messaging server a message sent from a first party and destined to a second party; responsive to the message, the first messaging server sending a query to an informational server; responsive to the query, the informational server (i) querying presence data to obtain presence information indicating whether the second party is available to receive the message, (ii) querying capabilities data to obtain capabilities information indicating one or more capabilities of the second party, and (iii) providing the presence information and capabilities information in a reply to the first messaging server; and the first messaging server then deciding, based on the presence information, to send the message to the second party and responsively sending the message to a second messaging server for transmission in turn to the second party, the first messaging server further providing the second messaging server with the capabilities information for use by the second messaging server to process the message.