Presence system, communication terminal, server and computer program product therefor

摘要

A presence system in which communication terminals and a presence server may cooperate to provide status notifications. A communication terminal may provide the server a store message to suspend transmission of status notifications to that communication terminal. The presence server may be arranged so that in response to a store message requesting storage of status notifications the transmission of status notifications from the server to that communication terminal is suspended. Several approaches to release the suspension are provided. The presence system, communication terminal and/or the communication presence server may include hardware and/or computer code or software to provide the respective functions and operations.

主权项

1. A presence system comprising communication terminals belonging to a number of parties;
a presence server connectable by the communication terminals over a network, the communication terminals and the server comprising hardware and software to implement the presence system for managing accessibility of parties, wherein: at least one mobile communication terminal is arranged to send a STORE message to the server requesting storage of status notifications in the server, wherein the STORE message is an indication that the mobile communication terminal is in energy saving sleep mode, wherein said status notifications indicate a change in presence status of said accessible parties, so that transmission of status notifications from the server to that mobile communication terminal is suspended; wherein said STORE message, requesting storage of status notifications, is not sent to said accessible parties.