Patent ID: 8743901
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for remoting user/callee presence information in a home network, the method comprising: subscribing, at the home network presence server, to an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) based system to receive presence information relating to one or more users; collecting, at the home network presence server, presence information relating to the one or more users, the presence information indicating whether the one or more users are available to receive a call or message wherein the presence information is collected from the IMS based system; receiving, at the home network presence server, a subscription from a home network presence client for presence information relating to the one or more users, wherein the received subscription is made using a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) protocol; receiving a change in presence information from the IMS based system at the home network presence server, the change in presence information relating to the one or more users; and notifying the home network presence client of the change in presence information using the UPnP protocol.