Patent ID: 8644484

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: an interface; and a processor coupled with the interface, the processor being operable to: communicate with a first associated device connected with an associated network via the interface; communicate with a second associated device connected with the associated network via the interface; obtain context information for the first and second associated devices, the context information for the first associated device comprising reach data representative of a level of connectedness of the first associated device to the associated network and availability profile data representative of a willingness and ability of a user associated with the first associated device to receive communications, the context information for the second associated device comprising reach data representative of a level of connectedness of the second associated device to the associated network and availability profile data representative of a willingness and ability of a user associated with the second associated device to receive communications; provide the context information for the first associated device to the second associated device; provide the context information for the second associated device to the first associated device; receive a call request from the first associated device directed to the second associated device; determining in accordance with the reach data of the second associated device the level of connectedness of the second associated device to the associated network as a one of a reachable level or an unreachable level; selectively queuing the call request to defer delivery of the call request while the level of connectedness of the second associated device to the associated network is the unreachable level; and automatically delivering the queued call request to the second associated device when the level of connectedness of the second associated device to the associated network is the reachable level.