Patent ID: 7907713

Claim:
A method for using a presence database to deliver enhanced presence information regarding communications made to or from a presentity, the method comprising: (a) obtaining, from a presence server, enhanced presence information including information regarding parties involved in communications made to or from a presentity and storing the information in a presence database accessible via the presence server, wherein the enhanced presence information includes at least one of information identifying a party with whom the presentity has or is communicating, information regarding a duration of a call with a party with whom the presentity has or is communicating, information regarding re-direction of a call involving the presentity, and information regarding forwarding of a call involving the presentity; (b) receiving, at the presence server, a request from a third-party subscriber for obtaining the enhanced presence information regarding the presentity, wherein the third-party subscriber is currently not involved in communications with the presentity; and (c) in response to the request, delivering, via the presence server, the enhanced presence information from the presence database to the third-party subscriber, wherein delivering the enhanced presence information to the third-party subscriber includes delivering the enhanced presence information to a terminal associated with the third-party subscriber to provide the third-party subscriber with information regarding the party with whom the presentity has or is communicating.