Patent ID: 8621524

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving, by a system comprising a processor, data from a network-based calendar system, wherein the data indicates that a subscriber is to be notified of a calendar-based event; receiving, by the system from a presence system, presence information related to the subscriber, wherein the presence information indicates whether the subscriber is present at one or more of a plurality of subscriber devices, wherein the presence information indicates subscriber preferences, wherein the subscriber preferences indicate that an event notification is to be sent to an initiating device when the subscriber is not present at any of the plurality of subscriber devices, wherein the initiating device is a device from which the calendar-based event was initiated; sending, by the system in a recorded voice over internet protocol message, an event notification related to the calendar-based event to the initiating device without providing a message of the event notification to any of the plurality of subscriber devices of the subscriber responsive to determining that the subscriber is not present at any of the plurality of subscriber devices based on the presence information; sending the event notification to a set-top box device without providing an email message of the event notification to any of the plurality of subscriber devices responsive to the presence information indicating that the subscriber is present at the set-top box device; and sending the event notification to one of the plurality of subscriber devices responsive to the event notification corresponding to a type of calendar-based event, wherein the calendar-based event is associated with a party other than the subscriber.