Patent ID: 7475140
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. Method, comprising: registering a plurality of users to a presence service in response to a corresponding plurality of register requests from the plurality of users, wherein a register request includes information relating to a communication state of a user; receiving an invitation message from an inviting user registered to said presence service to exchange content with an invited user registered to said presence service; providing a presence query in response to said invitation message for obtaining an updated communications state of said invited user; and determining, based on said updated communications state of said invited user, whether said content should be sent to said invited user, stored or refused, wherein said communications state pertains to a spatial location of the user, said register request, said presence query and said invitation message are communicated according to a session initiation protocol, and wherein said spatial location is contained in said register request as a spatial location payload and said spatial location is extracted form the register request at the registration.