Patent ID: 7617281

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for collaboration on a serverless network with serverless presence, comprising: initializing communications with a serverless publication service of a collaborative services platform on the serverless network, wherein the serverless network comprises a network without a dedicated server computer, and the serverless publication service is incorporated into each of a plurality of collaboration endpoints; publishing, through the serverless publication service, a collaborative presence of a user of the collaborative services platform wherein each user of the collaborative services platform is associated with a MeContact programmatic object wherein the MeContact programmatic object is polymorphic and comprises application programming interface elements wherein the application programming interface elements comprise: a contacts element; a buddies element; an authorized subscribers element; an active subscribers element; a conferences element; a find capabilities element; and a find published objects by type element; wherein publishing the collaborative presence of the user further comprises publishing at least some data referenced by the MeContact programmatic object; establishing the association between the user of the collaborative services platform and the MeContact programmatic object by, at least in part, authenticating the user to a computer operating system wherein the MeContact programmatic object references a presence programmatic object, and wherein data referenced by the presence programmatic object comprises: a rich text description of the collaborative presence of the user; at least one collaborative endpoint of the serverless network and an aggregate presence status indicator representative of the collaborative presence of the user across said at least one collaborative endpoint; and subscribing, through the serverless publication service, to at least one collaborative presence of at least one further user of the collaborative services platform.