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EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT 

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1. An examiner's amendment to the record appears below. Should the changes and/or 

additions be unacceptable to applicant, an amendment may be filed as provided by 37 CFR 

1.312. To ensure consideration of such an amendment, it MUST be submitted no later than the 

payment of the issue fee. 

Authorization for this examiner's amendment was given in a telephone interview with 

Holly L. Rudnick on 16 October 2009. 

1. (Currently Amended) A multiple access presence agent for use in a presence server, said 

multiple access presence agent for collecting and storing presence information on a presentity 

from presence contributors, said multiple access presence agent further comprising: 

means for defining access rnles for each of said presence contributors, said access rnles 

associated with each of said presence contributors defining respective rights and privileges of 

said presence contributors to access said presence information of said pres entity after said 

presence contributors have provided said presence information to said presence server; 

means for authenticating one of said presence contributors to determine said access rnles 

associated with said one of said presence contributors; and 

means for enabling access to said presence information of said presentity by said one of 

said presence contributors based on said access rnles associated with said one of said presence 

contributors [.]: and 

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means for enabling access further includes means for filtering said presence information 

of said presentity based on said access rules of said one of said presence contributors to produce 

filtered presence information and means for providing said filtered presence information to said 

one of said presence contributors; and 

means for enabling access further includes means for enabling said one of said presence 

contributors to update said presence information of said presentity based on said access rules of 

said one of said presence contributors; and 

means for enabling access fwiher includes means for enabling said one of said presence 

contributors to define preference information associated with said presence information of said 

presentity based on said access rules of said one of said presence contributors. 

4. (Cancelled). 

5. (Cancelled). 

6. (Cancelled). 

11. ( Currently Amended) A presence system for providing multiple access rights, comprising: 

a presence server for collecting and storing presence information on a plurality of 

presentities from presence contributors; and 

a multiple access presence agent for managing said presence information for one of said 

presentities, said multiple access presence agent operable to establish access rules defining 

respective rights and privileges for each of said presence contributors to access said presence 

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information of said one of said pres entities after said presence contributors have provided said 

presence information to said presence server; 

wherein said multiple access presence agent is further operable to authenticate one of said 

presence contributors to determine said access rules associated with said one of said presence 

contributors; and 

wherein said multiple access presence agent is further operable to enable access to said 

presence information of said one of said presentities by said one of said presence contributors 

based on said access rules associated with said one of said presence contributors[.]; and 

wherein said multiple access presence agent is further operable to filter said presence 

information of said one of said presentities based on said access rules of said one of said 

presence contributors to produce filtered presence information and to provide said filtered 

presence information to said presence user client; and 

wherein said graphical user interface is further operablv coupled to said presence user 

client to enable said one of said presence contributors to update said presence information of said 

one of said presentities based on said access rules of said one of said presence contributors. 

14. (Cancelled). 

15. (Cancelled). 

16. (Currently Amended) A method for providing a multiple access presence agent within a 

presence server for collecting and storing presence information on a presentity from presence 

contributors, comprising the steps of: 

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defining access rules for each of said presence contributors, said access rules associated 

with each of said presence contributors defining respective rights and privileges of said presence 

contributors to access said presence information of said presentity after said presence 

contributors have provided said presence information to said presence server; 

authenticating one of said presence contributors to determine said access rules associated 

with said one of said presence contributors; and 

enabling access to said presence information of said presentity by said one of said 

presence contributors based on said access rules associated with said one of said presence 

contributors [.]; and 

filtering said presence information of said presentity based on said access rules of said 

one of said presence contributors to produce filtered presence information; and providing said 

filtered presence information to said one of said presence contributors; and 

enabling said one of said presence contributors to update said presence information of 

said presentity based on said access rules of said one of said presence contributors; and 

further enabling said one of said presence contributors to define preference information 

associated with said presence information of said pres entity based on said access rules of said 

one of said presence contributors. 

17. (Cancelled). 

18. (Cancelled). 

19. (Cancelled). 

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Reasons for Allowance 

2. The following is an examiner's statement of reasons for allowance: of claims 1-3, 7-13, 

16 and 20-22. 

Claims 1-3, 7-13, 16 and 20-22 are allowed because the prior art did not teach or reasonably 

suggest defining access rnles that define rights and privileges of the presence contributor to 

access the presence information after said presence contributors have provided said presence 

information to said presence server. Then, further enabling said presence contributors to define 

preference information associated with the presence information of the presentity based on the 

defined access rnles for the presence contributors. Also, filtering the presence information of the 

presentity based on the defined access rnles for the presence contributors and enabling the 

presence contributors to update the presence information of the presentity based on the access 

rnles for the presence contributors. 

Conclusion 

Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the 

examiner should be directed to MARSHALL MCLEOD whose telephone number is (571)270-

3808. The examiner can normally be reached on Monday - Thursday 6:30 a.m-4:00 p.m .. 

If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner's 

supervisor, Ario Etienne can be reached on (571) 272-4001. The fax phone number for the 

organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571-2 73-83 00. 

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/Marshall McLeod/ 

Examiner, Art Unit 2457 

10/19/2009 

/Ramy M Osman/ 

Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2457 

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