Patent ID: 7890474
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for presence driven communication contacts, comprising: searching a directory for a sought individual's name; scanning the directory for a manager of the sought individual's name; surveying the directory for a direct report of the sought individual's name; determining a presence state via a first input to a network connection through an electronic device to a presence service, the electronic device comprising at least one second processor and a memory in which is received the presence state, of a sought individual associated with the sought individual's name if the sought individual is unavailable; discovering a presence state via a second input to the network connection to the presence service to determine presentity of the manager of the sought individual if the sought individual is unavailable; and ascertaining via an output, as determined by the first input and the second input to the presence service, a presence state of the direct report of the sought individual if the sought individual is unavailable.