Patent ID: 8090848
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for providing in-vehicle communication services, the system comprising: a first communications network; a second communications network, wherein the second communications network is different from the first communications network; a computing device executing a vehicle user agent communicatively coupled with the first communications network, wherein the vehicle user agent publishes one or more published presence attributes; and a server executing a Service Delivery Platform (SDP) communicatively coupled with the communications network, the SDP providing a presence service adapted to receive the one or more published presence attributes from the vehicle user agent, update a presence profile for the vehicle user agent based on the received presence attributes, and provide one or more telco functions to the vehicle user agent, wherein the presence attributes comprise at least one attribute indicating information other than presence information, wherein the SDP further comprises a media server, wherein the SDP is adapted to maintain a communication session with the vehicle user agent upon a failure of the session on the first communication network, and wherein maintain the communication session comprises maintaining a state of the communication session with the media server and resuming the communication session with the vehicle user agent on the second communication network.