Presence-based routing in a communications network environment

摘要

A presence-based routing (PBR) system and method in a communications network environment. Upon establishing presence awareness among a plurality of networked entities, a contact list is provided for a particular networked party based on presence information. When an incoming communication request intended for the particular networked party is received and that particular networked party is unavailable, a PBR functionality is operable to select a party from the contact list based on suitable contact selection logic for forwarding the communication request thereto. <IMAGE>