Enabling presence information access and authorization for home network telephony

摘要

In a first embodiment of the present invention, a method for operating a presence server in a home network is provided, the method comprising: receiving a request for presence information; sending an event notification to all subscribed control points informing them of the request for presence information; receiving an action from one of the subscribed control points accepting or rejecting the request for presence information; and if the action received from the one of the subscribed control points accepts the request for presence information, causing presence information regarding the one of the subscribed control points to be sent to the entity that sent the request for presence information.

主权项

1. A method for operating a presence server in a home network, the method comprising:
receiving, by a presence server device, a request for presence information; sending, from the presence server device, an event notification to all subscribed control points informing all of the subscribed control points of the request for presence information; establishing, by each subscribed control point, a particular presence policy with the presence server device for controlling a level of details of presence information that is tailored for one or more telephone lines; receiving, by the presence server device, an action from one of the subscribed control points accepting or rejecting the request for presence information; and verifying that the one of the subscribed control points is authorized to accept or reject the request for presence information, and causing presence information regarding the one of the subscribed control points to be sent to an entity that sent the request for presence information based on accepting the request for presence information, wherein upon a control point recognizing its unique identifier from a previous registration, the control point responds with an action to obtain call information from the presence server device, and the control point formulates a presence response based on the call information and issues a presence information action to provide the presence information to the presence server device.