Managing communication services for enabling a distributed user presence

摘要

Managing communication services for enabling a distributed user presence and maintaining context specific configuration across the distributed presence. This invention relates to enabling use of communication devices and more particularly to enabling use of multiple applications across multiple communication devices by a user. Embodiments disclosed herein enable coordination between multiple devices and applications of a user, and thus obtain a reliable, accurate control of the various context specific configuration parameters such as user availability, call direction and barring profiles, notifications, media in use, dynamic capabilities of devices and applications, schedule and so on, while providing the user with a seamless experience across the devices and applications. Embodiments disclosed herein enable future device specific systems to efficiently manage the varying communication forms and modes.

主权项

1. A method for enabling use of a plurality of applications across a plurality of devices by a user, the method comprising:
checking for a communication state performed by a user, by a communication coordination module, on the user starting to use a device, wherein said device is a current device used by the user; applying at least one of a supplementary rule, by the communication coordination module, in context to said communication state based on the capabilities common between said current device and a previous device; fetching a data structure of said previous device used by the user, by the communication coordination module, wherein said data structure comprises at least one of a user information, a user presence information and a device context, wherein said supplementary rule associated with said user information in said data structure further comprises:
creating a holistic rule set for all supplementary rules on all devices of the user by the communication coordination module; andprioritizing rules by the communication coordination module in the holistic rule set based on at least one pre-configured criteria set by the user, on the communication coordination module detecting a coexistence of at least one rule in the rule set, applying the fetched data structure to the device by the communication coordination module; and sending an indication by the device to the communication coordination module, on the application of said supplementary rule being completed.