UTILIZING INFORMATION OF A LOCAL NETWORK FOR DETERMINING PRESENCE STATE

摘要

Utilizing information of a local network (104) for determining presence state involves coupling a mobile device (110A) to a local, ad-hoc, peer-to-peer network (104). State information (146) of a data-processing device (130) of the network (104) is determined using the mobile device (110A). A presence state (148) is formed at the mobile device (110A) based on the state information (146) of the data-processing device (130). The presence state (148) indicates conditions under which the mobile device (110A) may be contacted. In one configuration, a connection request (150) for user communications may be received at the mobile device (110A). The mobile device (110A) may respond (152) to the connection request based on the presence state (148) of the mobile device (110A).