Patent ID: 7593984
Filing Date: 2009-09-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for utilizing presence information with a device, the method comprising: receiving over a network, by a presence service on a server, a communication indicating a change to a user activity from a second device operated by a user; maintaining on the server, by the presence service, a presence status associated with the user activity specified by the user; automatically changing, by the presence service, an existing presence status of the user to the presence status associated with the user activity for the user of a first device in response to the received change to the user activity; and informing, by the presence service over the network, the first device of the changing of the existing presence status for the first device to automatically enable or disable a capability of the first device based on the changing of the existing presence status and based on a stored indication from the user on how the capability is to be altered.