Patent ID: 8625766

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving presence and capability data by a communication device, of subscribers of interest to a user of the communication device, the presence and capability data correspondingly indicating current presence and capability of the subscribers of interest; receiving a request by the communication device, from the user to initiate a communication session with a selected one of the subscribers of interest; initiating the communication session, by the communication device, with another communication device associated with the selected one of the subscribers of interest in a selected manner, based at least in part on the presence and capability data of the selected one of the subscribers of interest; and wherein the subscribers of interest are associated with a presence and capability detector that is physically placed at a location and used to monitor the presence and capability of the subscribers of interest at this location; and wherein the presence and capability detector communicates with identification devices physically proximate to the subscribers of interest via a Personal and/or Local Area Network that is located at this location and independent from the selected manner associated with the communication session.