Patent ID: 9124469
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving presence information of a third party from both non-IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network devices and IMS network devices; routing the presence information of the third party from both non-IMS network devices and IMS network devices to IMS compliant presence components; routing the presence information of the third party received from both non-IMS network devices and IMS network devices to at least one callee designated device based on configurable preferences provided by the callee and correlated to the presence information on the IMS compliant components; and providing a charging record for the routing on an IMS compliant charging platform associated with the IMS compliant presence components, wherein the configurable preferences specify a delivery channel to transmit the presence information of the third party, independent of the channel that is being used by the third party; the presence information includes a notification of an availability of the third party on a particular communication channel; and the particular communication channel is in the IMS network or in the non-IMS network.