Patent ID: 8527600
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A presence managing method executed by a presence managing apparatus comprising: receiving a plurality of presence information sets, each of which includes an attribute value, from a plurality of provider clients; storing each set of the plurality of presence information sets in association with a provider client among the plurality of the provider clients from which the presence information sets were received; receiving, from a notification recipient client, a reception acquirement of the presence information set which is associated with at least one specified provider client and designates at least one presentity; aggregating a presence information set that includes the presence information sets having a same attribute value and being stored in association with the specified provider client and with one or more provider clients other than the specified provider client when receiving the reception acquirement of the presence information set, a presentity other than the designated presentity having the same attribute information as the designated presentity; and notifying the notification recipient client of the presence information set aggregated, wherein the notification recipient accepts a registration of a new association of the provider client of the presence information, and the notification recipient client of the presence information thereof, and further stores the accepted association in the notification recipient management table; the aggregating comprises: extracting the attribute value included in the presence information of the provider client in the new association; searching the notification recipient management table for an existing provider client, which is an existing provider client associated with the notification recipient client in the new association and wherein the extracted attribute value is included in the presence information thereof; and generating aggregate presence information, which includes presence information of the searched existing provider client, and presence information of the new provider client; and notifying the new notification recipient client of the aggregate presence information.