METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR PROVIDING PRESENCE DATA FROM MULTIPLE PRESENCE INFORMATION PROVIDERS

摘要

Methods, systems, and computer readable medium for providing presence data from multiple presence information providers are disclosed. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for providing presence service using presence information from multiple presence information providers. The method includes, at a network node including at least one processor, receiving, from a message source, a first presence-related message that includes information identifying a user, using the information identifying a user to identify, from multiple presence information providers, a presence information provider that maintains presence information associated with the identified user, and relaying the first presence-related message to the identified presence information provider or sending a second presence-related message associated with the first presence-related message to the identified presence information provider.