Devices, systems, and methods for presence determination

摘要

Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed which aggregate presence detections, and use the diversity of presence detections to resolve presence ambiguities and increase the correctness of information. Presence confidence levels and reliability values increase the effectiveness of services based on presence. A variety of methods enable presence detection and reporting. Each of these methods has advantages and disadvantages. The limitations of each of the individual methods are overcome with exemplary embodiments of the subject disclosure.

主权项

1. A server comprising:
a processor; and a memory that stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising
receiving, from a plurality of presence detectors, a plurality of presence detections associated with a user,determining a confidence level associated with each of the plurality of presence detections,determining a conflict between the plurality of presence detections,resolving, based at least in part on the confidence level associated with each of the plurality of presence detections, the conflict to determine a presence status of the user, wherein the presence status of the user is based at least in part on a first presence detection of the plurality of presence detections comprising a cell identification of a femtocell received from a wireless communication device associated with the user,associating a reliability value with the presence status, wherein the reliability value is based on a comparison of the confidence level assigned to each of the plurality of presence detections, andtransmitting the presence status of the user to an application for use in providing a service to the user based on the presence status, wherein a first behavior of the service is specified based on the reliability value associated with the presence status being above a threshold and a second behavior of the service is specified based on the reliability value associated with the presence status being below the threshold.