Patent ID: 8990890
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a presence server in a home network, the method comprising: receiving, by a presence server device, a request for presence information; sending, from the presence server device, an event notification to all subscribed control points informing all of the subscribed control points of the request for presence information; establishing, by each subscribed control point, a particular presence policy with the presence server device for controlling a level of details of presence information that is tailored for one or more telephone lines; receiving, by the presence server device, an action from one of the subscribed control points accepting or rejecting the request for presence information; and verifying that the one of the subscribed control points is authorized to accept or reject the request for presence information, and causing presence information regarding the one of the subscribed control points to be sent to an entity that sent the request for presence information based on accepting the request for presence information, wherein upon a control point recognizing its unique identifier from a previous registration, the control point responds with an action to obtain call information from the presence server device, and the control point formulates a presence response based on the call information and issues a presence information action to provide the presence information to the presence server device.