Patent ID: 8176086
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: establishing, by a terminal, a data connection with a presence server at time T transmitting, by the terminal, a macro-presence event to the presence server via the data connection; detecting, by the terminal, a first user input at time T determining, by the terminal, whether the first micro-presence event falls within t time units of a prior micro-presence event recorded by the terminal; transmitting, by the terminal, the first micro presence event to the presence server in response to determining that the first micro-presence event fails to fall within t time units of the prior micro-presence event; and establishing, by the terminal, a communications session in response to a selection performed by the presence server, wherein the terminal is selected from a plurality of terminals based on the fact that a first value computed for the first micro-presence event has a greater presence and availability status than those values computed for the plurality of terminals.