Patent ID: 7701925
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04Q,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for updating presence information regarding a target end user managed by a presence server based on information derived from a telephony-related action, the method comprising: (a) receiving a signaling system seven (SS7) message in response to the telephony-related action performed by the target end user to which other end users are subscribed with the presence server; (b) determining, based on the SS7 message, whether presence registration processing is required; (c) in response to determining that the presence registration processing is required, automatically generating a presence registration message including presence information usable by the presence server for automatically indicating to the end users who are subscribed to the target end user with the presence server a presence status for the target end user, wherein the presence server comprises a server that manages presence information for a collection of entities and subscriptions to those entities; and (d) transmitting the presence registration message to the presence server over an IP network.