Patent ID: 8005073
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a receiver, at a presence network agent configured in accordance with an open mobile alliance presence architecture, configured to receive status information from a plurality of network elements of a wireless network, the plurality of network elements comprising one or more session control layer network elements maintaining status and presence data for subscribers of the wireless network, the one or more session control layer network elements including at least one of a home subscriber server and a call session control function, the status information received from the plurality of network elements enabling determination of presence information for the subscribers based on information from a plurality of sources; a converter configured to convert the presence information which is based on the status information; an insertion unit configured to insert the status information as a part of a predefined network availability element, wherein for certain status events the network availability element comprises at least one child element defining the current state; and a publishing unit, at the presence network agent, configured to publish a request including network-related presence data information and to transmit the published request, through an interface configured as a Pen interface compliant with the open mobile alliance presence architecture, to a presence server configured to store and manage presence information published to it from a plurality of presence agents, including the request published by the publishing unit of the presence network agent, the published request transmitted from the publishing unit of the presence network agent including the network-related presence data converted from status information provided by the at least one of the home subscriber server and the call session control function of the wireless network.