Patent ID: 7123706

Claim:
A communication exchanger for plural users comprising: a memory that includes a respective forwarding destination table for each user, each said forwarding destination table including a list of plural presence states that define plural potential locations and states of the respective user and user-provided communication forwarding instructions for each of the plural presence states; said memory also including a presence state table for plural users, said presence state table including a list of the plural users and for each of the plural users a current presence state that is one of the plural presence states from a respective said forwarding destination table; a communication receiving portion that is connected to said memory and receives a communication for a user and, based on an identity of the user, provides the current presence state of the user from said presence state table; and a communication forwarding portion that is connected to said memory and receives the current presence state from said communication receiving portion and retrieves the forwarding destination information from the respective said forwarding destination table based on the current presence state of the user and forwards the received communication in accordance with the communication forwarding instructions in the respective said forwarding destination table.