A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FILTERING UNAVAILABLE DEVICES IN A PRESENCE AND AVAILABILITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

摘要

A method for communicating communication network availability information regarding an individual to at least one subscriber (16) of the individual's availability information. According to one embodiment, the method includes detecting (18) whether the individual is present on at least one communication network and determining (20) availability of the individual for each access level of a profile of the individual. The method further includes publishing via a network the availability of the individual to the subscriber based on an access level of the subscriber and the presence information. In addition, the method includes filtering the availability of the individual when it is detected that the individual is no longer present on the communication network.