US20140112336A1 - Telephony usage derived presence information - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to providing presence information, and in particular to automatically providing presence information from telephony systems in an automated fashion.
- Presence detection is a technology used to convey information about the availability of individuals. Individuals are often interested in the availability of others and, because they are often not co-located, they require mechanisms for conveying availability or status information.
- the devices that people interact with know bits and pieces about how available they are for communications or other forms of interaction with others at any instant. People who are on the phone are less available to most others for the duration of the call, but may want to be interrupted by selected callers.
- the location of a person on a mobile phone is information that may be relevant for determining whether that person is available for a certain type of event. For example, someone traveling far away from home may not be available for physical interaction with their neighbors, but may be available to take a call. Similarly, someone near a particular restaurant at lunchtime is a potential consumer.
- Presence related information is routinely generated in many devices connected to various networks. For example, a person using a Personal Computer (PC) attached to a network may generate various presence state information.
- An “On-line” state indicates a user has logged onto a network, such as the Internet or a corporate intranet, while an “Off-line” state indicates no connection is currently active between the user and the presence engine.
- “Idle” status implies the user's system, although logged on, has not been active recently.
- PDA personal digital assistant
- This level of presence indication is useful, but it is sufficiently coarse to limit its utility. Extension of these simple states is typically not automatic and usually requires direct, unnatural, user intervention.
- the reliability and usefulness of presence information depends on the type of information provided and the device from which the information is gathered.
- a person actively interacting with a computer indicates to some degree that she is available, but probably only to those on the same network.
- a PC or other network device inside a corporate network will have visibility, independently or through a corporate presence server, to many presence inputs related to many PCs or other devices on that network.
- a device inside a corporate firewall will be isolated from having access to presence data related to devices like mobile phones, that by their very nature interconnect through commercial service provider networks.
- PCs and other network devices can provide presence information
- telephony use is a better indicator of a person's availability.
- current presence systems are incapable of providing an efficient way of gathering information from PCs on proprietary networks as well as telephony use information.
- the complications of involving devices from various networks supports the need for both a distributed architecture for presence information and the necessity for secure, trusted, presence related elements in the Internet to consolidate, filter, and distribute presence related information. Therefore, the presence data for an individual may involve several devices belonging to several networks of varying technologies.
- a central place having the potential to easily consolidate presence data is a device located in the Internet.
- Presence technology protocol-related publications hereby incorporated by reference include: Day, M., Aggarwal, S. and Vincent, J., Instant Messaging/Presence Protocol Requirements,” Request for Comment (RFC) 2779, February 2000; Day, M., Rosenberg, J. and Sugano, H., “A Model for Presence and Instant Messaging,” RFC 2778, February 2000; Rosenberg, J. and Schulzrinne, H., “SIP caller preferences and callee capabilities,” (work in progress), November 2000; Crocker, D. et al., “A Common Profile for Instant Messaging (CPIM),” (work in progress), February 2001.
- RFC Request for Comment
- the present invention relates to a mechanism for providing state information, which bears on the presence of a telephone user, to a presence system.
- the state information is derived by monitoring events relating to telephony use. Once derived, the state information is directly or indirectly sent to a presence service, which provides presence information to applications or people requiring such information about the telephone user.
- the state information preferably bears on the presence, absence, or availability of the telephone user based on their interaction with a telephony device or function.
- a telephony switching system is configured to monitor events associated with a telephony device or function and send messages to a presence service over a packet-switched network when the state of the telephony device or function changes.
- an IP telephone system is configured to provide state information to the presence service.
- the switching system may include traditional public switched telephone network (PSTN) devices as well as wireless switching devices to monitor events associated with the use of the telephony device to detect state changes.
- PSTN public switched telephone network
- the telephony function may be provided in a separate device or as a part of a larger system that is capable of determining the state of the telephony use and notify the presence service of the same.
- Location information may be provided to the presence service along with the state information. The additional value of location information is clear when the telephony device or function is part of a mobile application, but is also to some degree useful even if the telephony device is typically in a constant location. To illustrate this point, consider the value of knowing if a person is talking on their office or their residential phone.
- the state information is derived from monitoring events associated with normal telephony communication to minimize the impact of extracting presence information on the overall system.
- FIG. 1 is a block representation of a communication environment constructed according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a communication flow diagram for an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a block representation of a telephony switch constructed according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- the communication environment may include a circuit-switched network 10 , such as the public switched telephone network (PSTN) or a cellular communication network, and a packet-switched network 12 , such as the Internet, which supports packet-switched communications.
- the circuit-switched network 10 may include various types of switches to facilitate circuit-switched communications for landline or wireless communications.
- the circuit-switched network 10 supports communications with various types of telephony devices 16 , such as a traditional landline telephone 16 A or a mobile telephone 16 B.
- the switches 14 cooperate with base stations (not shown), which facilitate wireless communications with mobile terminals, such as the mobile telephone 16 B.
- base stations not shown
- Those skilled in the art will recognize the functionality of the switches 14 and other components in the circuit-switched network 10 to facilitate communications with the landline and wireless telephony devices 16 .
- the switch 14 is defined as being either an integrated device or multi-component system facilitating circuit-switched communication and including call server or call control functionality, which is traditionally provided in intelligent networks (IN), such as those implementing SS7 and the like.
- the switches 14 cooperate with a provisioning database 18 , which provides information allowing a switch 14 to properly identify, locate, and provision the various telephony devices 16 in the circuit-switched network 10 .
- the present invention is particularly beneficial for delivering presence information, which may include the state of the telephony device 16 , its location, or a combination thereof, directly or indirectly to a presence server 20 , located on the packet-switched network 12 .
- a gateway 22 may be used to facilitate communications between the switch 14 and devices on the packet-switched network 12 .
- the gateway 22 may facilitate any necessary protocol conversions required for communications between the switch 14 and devices on the packet-switched network 12 .
- the presence server 20 facilitates a presence service and operates to collect presence information for various devices of various users, process the presence information, and provide the presence information to presence applications 24 , automatically or in response to a request.
- Each presence application 24 is associated with a user device (not shown), and provides alerts to the associated user based on presence information associated with other users and derived from the presence server 20 .
- the presence application 24 subscribes to the presence server 20 and identifies the users whose presence information is desired.
- the presence server 20 will accept these subscriptions as well as register participating users and their associated devices.
- the presence server 20 may also implement various presence delivery rules to allow users to control the dissemination of their presence information to other users.
- various profiles may be established to allow select groups of users to obtain more presence information than other groups. Accordingly, each registered user may implement filters or rules to control dissemination of their information to other users.
- users subscribing to receive presence information of others may also establish profiles identifying the users whose presence information is desired and the types of presence information they wish to receive.
- a registrar server 26 may be provided on the packet-switched network 12 to maintain a relationship between the logical and the physical addresses of devices that directly or indirectly communicate with the presence server 20 . Such registration is typically required only when there is a change between the logical or user addresses and the physical addresses of a given device.
- the switch 14 is configured to provide presence information corresponding to the state, location, or a combination thereof associated with a telephony device 16 to the presence server 20 .
- a proxy server 28 it is preferable to provide a proxy server 28 to act as a liaison between the switch 14 and the presence server 20 .
- the switch 14 will provide presence information to the proxy server 28 , which will represent the switch 14 to the presence server 20 in a traditional proxy fashion.
- the proxy server 28 is optional.
- the presence information provided to the presence server 20 from the switch 14 will depend on the application and the type of communication environment.
- the traditional landline telephone 16 A will not change location, and will typically provide location information only as a part of registration, and dynamically provide a mechanism to determine state information relating to its operation.
- the switch 14 that serves the telephone 16 A can determine whether the phone is on-hook or off-hook, and thus determine whether the user is engaged in a telephone call. More sophisticated systems may be able to determine whether the party is on a conference call, on hold, and whether any settings on the phone indicate that the user is in or out of the office. Accordingly, the state information gathered by the switch 14 in association with the operation of telephone 16 A is used to create presence information to send to the presence server 20 via the proxy server 28 .
- the servicing mobility switching center which is represented by switch 14 , may gather all of the state information described above, as well as provide dynamic location information derived directly from the mobile terminal 16 B or from the circuit-switched network 10 . Accordingly, the state information for mobile devices may be supplemented with location information, which provides the presence server 20 the opportunity to distribute presence information to the various presence applications 24 based on dynamic location, if so desired.
- the location information may be provided by the mobile terminal, if equipped with location detection technology, such as that provided by the Global Positioning System (GPS), wherein the mobile terminal receives the GPS coordinates and may provide either the coordinates to the switch 14 , which will determine the mobile terminal's location, or may process the GPS information to determine a location, which is then sent to the switch 14 .
- GPS Global Positioning System
- triangulation techniques may be used to determine the mobile terminal's location, which may be stored in a location database 30 or like device.
- the location database 30 may be accessed via the switch 14 to obtain location information, or the location database 30 may be configured such that the presence server 20 or an associated device may directly access it via the packet-switched network 12 .
- Packet-based telephony devices such as the packet telephone system 32 essentially emulate the operation of circuit-switched telephony devices 16 entirely over the packet-switched network 12 .
- presence information associated with a fixed or mobile packet telephone system 32 may be configured to provide automated presence information including state information, and perhaps location information, to the presence server 20 directly or indirectly via a proxy server 28 .
- the packet telephone system 32 will include a user interface 34 and a control system 36 .
- the packet telephone system 32 may be integrated into a single device, or may be implemented in multiple devices in a client-server configuration.
- the proxy server 28 may be further configured to support various operational features of the packet telephone system 32 .
- the user interface 34 may include a microphone and speaker to facilitate voice communications, as well as various keypads and displays to allow user interaction in traditional fashion.
- the control system 36 will operate to support the user interface 34 and provide the requisite functionality to enable the packet telephone system 32 to facilitate communications with other devices on the packet-switched network 12 directly or indirectly via the proxy server 28 .
- the control system 36 is capable of gathering and providing state information for the packet telephone system 32 .
- a wireless packet-switched network (not shown) is necessary to facilitate communications with the packet-switched network 12 .
- Session Initiation Protocol SIP
- SIP Session Initiation Protocol for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions
- a SIP proxy such as may be provided by the proxy server 28 , may facilitate media sessions between any number of endpoints, which represent the devices communicating with each other. These endpoints may support any one or combination of data, audio, and voice media sessions, depending on the configuration of the respective endpoints.
- endpoints for the present invention may take the form of the switch 14 , the registrar server 26 , the presence server 20 , the device running the presence application 24 , and the like.
- a SIP endpoint is generally capable of running an application, which is generally referred to as a user agent (UA), and is capable of facilitating media sessions using SIP.
- User agents register their ability to establish sessions with a SIP proxy, such as proxy server 28 , by sending “REGISTER” messages to the SIP proxy.
- the REGISTER message informs the SIP proxy of the SIP universal resource locator (URL) that identifies the user agent to the SIP network.
- the REGISTER message also contains information about how to reach specific user agents over the SIP network, by providing the Internet Protocol (IP) address and port that the user agent will use for SIP sessions.
- IP Internet Protocol
- a “SUBSCRIBE” message may be used to subscribe to an application or service provided by a SIP endpoint. Further, “NOTIFY” messages may be used to provide information between SIP endpoints in response to various actions or messages, including REGISTER and SUBSCRIBE messages.
- the user agent initiating the session will send an INVITE message to the SIP proxy and specify the targeted user agent in the TO header of the INVITE message.
- Identification of the user agent takes the form of a SIP URL.
- the URL is represented by a number or “ ⁇ username>@ ⁇ domain>,” such as “janedoe@nortelnetworks.com.”
- the SIP proxy will use the SIP URL in the TO header of the message to determine if the targeted user agent is registered with the SIP proxy.
- the user name is unique within the name space of the specified domain.
- the SIP proxy will forward the INVITE message directly to the targeted user agent.
- the targeted user agent will respond with a 200 OK message, and a session between the respective user agents will be established as per the message exchange required in the SIP specification.
- Media capabilities are passed between the two user agents of the respective endpoints as parameters embedded within the session setup messages, such as the INVITE, 200 OK, and acknowledgement (ACK) messages.
- the media capabilities are typically described using the Session Description Protocol (SDP).
- FIG. 2 An exemplary call flow for providing presence information relating to a telephony device 16 on the circuit-switched network 10 is illustrated in FIG. 2 .
- the flow begins when a user initially requests activation of the telephony device 16 through a local exchange carrier or like entity, which controls access and communications for the telephony device 16 .
- the telephony device 16 is provisioned by providing provisioning information from the provisioning database 18 to the switch 14 (step 100 ).
- the traditional provisioning information is supplemented with information indicating whether the user of telephony device 16 wishes to subscribe to the presence service provided by the presence server 20 .
- the switch 14 will receive the provisioning information from the provisioning database 18 and provision the telephony device 16 , as well as store information that correlates the relationship between the telephony device 16 and a presence ID, which is used by the presence server 20 for determining the state of the telephony device 16 .
- the telephony device 16 is typically identified on the circuit-switched network 10 using a directory number, caller identification, or similar designation. Alternatively, a user may be able to dynamically provision a device from the device, without requiring the network operator to take action.
- the switch 14 will send a REGISTER message to the proxy server 28 (step 102 ).
- the switch 14 registers as a user agent, and the proxy server 28 acts as a SIP proxy server.
- the REGISTER message effectively registers the ability of the switch 14 to provide presence information with the SIP proxy 28 .
- the REGISTER message informs the proxy server 28 of the SIP URL that identifies the user agent of the switch 14 to the (SIP) packet-switched network 12 .
- the REGISTER message may also contain information about how to reach the user agent over the packet-switched network 12 , typically by providing the Internet Protocol (IP) address and port that the user agent will use for SIP sessions.
- IP Internet Protocol
- the REGISTER message will also include an initial state of the telephony device 16 and identification indicia for the telephony device 16 .
- the identification indicia in a SIP environment is preferably a SIP ID, which is the logical address associated with the telephony device 16 , as represented on the packet-switched network 12 .
- the proxy server 28 will send a like REGISTER message to the registrar server 26 to register the telephony device 16 with the registrar server 26 (step 104 ). Further, the proxy server 28 may also forward the REGISTER message to the presence server 20 (step 106 ). At this point, the presence server 20 has registered the telephony device 16 and has associated an initial state for the telephony device 16 .
- the presence server 20 consolidates and/or transforms device data into the state associated with a logical or user identification and provides relevant state information to the presence application 24 . Subsequently, the presence application 24 will subscribe to the presence service provided by the presence server 20 to receive notifications of state information or state changes relating to telephony device 16 , or other devices relating to the state or availability of the user. Accordingly, the presence application 24 will send a SUBSCRIBE message, which includes identification information (SIP ID) of the telephony device 16 , to the proxy server 28 (step 108 ), which will forward the SUBSCRIBE message to the presence server 20 (step 110 ).
- SIP ID identification information
- the presence server 20 will use the SIP ID provided in the SUBSCRIBE message to identify the telephony device 16 for which state information is requested.
- a NOTIFY message including the state of the telephony device 16
- the proxy server 28 forwards the NOTIFY message to the presence application 24 (step 114 ).
- the presence application 24 has subscribed to state changes associated with the telephony device 16 and has received the initial state of the telephony device 16 .
- the presence application 24 may react as necessary in response to receiving the state information for the telephony device 16 and awaits state change notifications for the telephony device 16 .
- any change of state will trigger an event, which is sent to the switch 14 in traditional fashion (step 116 ).
- the switch 14 will recognize that the telephony device 16 has been provisioned to alert the presence service of state changes, and will send a REGISTER message identifying the telephony device 16 (preferably using the SIP ID) and including the current state to the proxy server 28 (step 118 ), which represents the presence server 20 to the switch 14 .
- Proxy server 28 will then send a REGISTER message to register the new state in association with the identified telephony device 16 with the presence server 20 (step 120 ).
- the presence server 20 will then process the state information associated with telephony device 16 and send a NOTIFY message, if necessary, to the proxy server 28 to provide the updated state information (step 122 ), which will forward the NOTIFY message to the presence application 24 (step 124 ), which can then take appropriate action based on the state information (step 126 ).
- the state information may be associated with location information in an appropriately configured wireless communication system.
- REGISTER messages are only one implementation.
- the switch 14 or some other device that provides autonomous state change information can use a REGISTER message or some other undefined message to notify the presence service. If the presence server 20 subscribes to the information on the switch 14 , which changes the role of the switch to that of a presence user agent, it would allow the use of NOTIFY messages to communicate the presence data to the presence server 20 .
- the switch 14 may be configured to provide a table, which correlates the identification of the telephony device 16 on the circuit-switched network 10 with a presence identity, which is preferably a SIP address or URL. Using this table, the switch 14 can identify state changes for the telephony device 16 and can send updated presence information indirectly or directly to the presence server 20 . For example, assume that a user has subscribed to an automatic presence service from a cellular communication operator. Part of the service subscription process will provision a presence address and correlate it with a registered mobile telephone 16 B, based either upon the mobile identification number, a SIM card identification, the telephone number, or like designation.
- the home location register (HLR) is made aware of this fact as part of the normal course of cellular telephone operation.
- the HLR can register on-line status on behalf of the user's presence identification based on this information.
- the presence information may include location identification in addition to state information.
- TDM time division multiplexing
- telephony clients such as SIP user agents, H.323 endpoints, Microsoft NetMeeting, or real-time communication clients.
- Network resources such as SIP proxies or H.323 gatekeepers, may also apply this technology if they retain call status information on the endpoints or user agents they manage.
- the switch 14 is represented generically and is intended to cover the logical functionality of land-based and mobile switching systems, which include all control for call server-based functions. These switches may be implemented in a variety of ways using different equipment types, such as Nortel Networks Limited's DMS-100 local switching system.
- the switch 14 typically includes a switching fabric module 38 , a computing module 40 , including storage software 42 , a subscriber/base station interface 44 , a network interface 46 , an operations/administration and maintenance (OA & M) module 48 , and a packet interface 50 .
- OA & M operations/administration and maintenance
- the switching fabric 38 may comprise logical and physical switches for interconnecting the subscriber/base station interface 44 with the remainder of the circuit-switched network 10 through the network interface 46 .
- the subscriber/base station interface 44 will either directly support subscribers through subscriber lines or will support base stations, which facilitate wireless communications with mobile devices.
- the computing module 40 controls circuit-switched communications via the switching fabric 38 and is capable of providing traditional intelligent network monitoring and functions. Further, the computing module 40 may cooperate with the provisioning database 18 as described above. As noted above, the functionality of the switch may be provided in various levels of integration.
- the software 42 of the computing module 40 is modified to recognize state changes associated with supported telephony devices 16 and provide the state information via the packet interface 50 either directly or indirectly to the presence server 20 on the packet-switched network 12 .
- the messages sent to the presence server 20 will include identification for the associated telephony device 16 , relative state information, and perhaps location information derived from a mobile telephone 16 B or from elsewhere in the system.
- the computing module 40 will cooperate with the provisioning database 18 to store information indicating that the particular telephony device 16 is subscribing to the presence service and providing an address for sending state change messages directly or indirectly to the presence server 20 .
Abstract
The present invention relates to a mechanism for providing state information, which bears on the presence of a telephone user, to a presence system. The state information is derived by monitoring events relating to telephony use. Once derived, the state information is directly or indirectly sent to a presence service, which provides presence information to applications requiring such information about the telephone user. The state information preferably bears on the presence, absence, or availability of the telephone user based on their interaction with a telephony device or function. In one embodiment, a telephony switching system is configured to monitor events associated with a telephony device or function and send messages to a presence service over a packet-switched network when the state of the telephony device or function changes. In another embodiment, an IP telephone system is configured to provide state information to the presence service.
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- This application is a Continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/079,237, entitled TELEPHONY USAGE DERIVED PRESENCE STATE INFORMATION, filed Feb. 20, 2002, currently pending, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/329,668, entitled TELEPHONY USAGE DERIVED PRESENCE STATE INFORMATION, filed Oct. 16, 2001, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties.
- The present invention relates to providing presence information, and in particular to automatically providing presence information from telephony systems in an automated fashion.
- Presence detection is a technology used to convey information about the availability of individuals. Individuals are often interested in the availability of others and, because they are often not co-located, they require mechanisms for conveying availability or status information. The devices that people interact with know bits and pieces about how available they are for communications or other forms of interaction with others at any instant. People who are on the phone are less available to most others for the duration of the call, but may want to be interrupted by selected callers.
- The location of a person on a mobile phone is information that may be relevant for determining whether that person is available for a certain type of event. For example, someone traveling far away from home may not be available for physical interaction with their neighbors, but may be available to take a call. Similarly, someone near a particular restaurant at lunchtime is a potential consumer.
- Presence related information is routinely generated in many devices connected to various networks. For example, a person using a Personal Computer (PC) attached to a network may generate various presence state information. An “On-line” state indicates a user has logged onto a network, such as the Internet or a corporate intranet, while an “Off-line” state indicates no connection is currently active between the user and the presence engine. “Idle” status implies the user's system, although logged on, has not been active recently. Similarly, a person who acknowledges a calendar event in a PC or personal digital assistant (PDA) essentially signals their limited availability to most others for some duration while at the same time indicates that the person is active on that device. This level of presence indication is useful, but it is sufficiently coarse to limit its utility. Extension of these simple states is typically not automatic and usually requires direct, unnatural, user intervention.
- The reliability and usefulness of presence information depends on the type of information provided and the device from which the information is gathered. A person actively interacting with a computer indicates to some degree that she is available, but probably only to those on the same network. A PC or other network device inside a corporate network will have visibility, independently or through a corporate presence server, to many presence inputs related to many PCs or other devices on that network. Typically, however, a device inside a corporate firewall will be isolated from having access to presence data related to devices like mobile phones, that by their very nature interconnect through commercial service provider networks.
- Although PCs and other network devices can provide presence information, telephony use is a better indicator of a person's availability. Unfortunately, current presence systems are incapable of providing an efficient way of gathering information from PCs on proprietary networks as well as telephony use information.
- The complications of involving devices from various networks supports the need for both a distributed architecture for presence information and the necessity for secure, trusted, presence related elements in the Internet to consolidate, filter, and distribute presence related information. Therefore, the presence data for an individual may involve several devices belonging to several networks of varying technologies. A central place having the potential to easily consolidate presence data is a device located in the Internet.
- There is a need, therefore, for improving both the number and quality of inputs into a presence management system in order to more efficiently and effectively deliver presence information to users of the information. Given the significant use of mobile and wireless telephones, and the impact of such use on availability, there is a need to gather and use availability information associated with telephone usage for a presence system. There is a further need to automate gathering of availability information in a manner that does not rely upon active intervention.
- Current presence technology standards and systems are provided for in references from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Presence technology protocol-related publications hereby incorporated by reference include: Day, M., Aggarwal, S. and Vincent, J., Instant Messaging/Presence Protocol Requirements,” Request for Comment (RFC) 2779, February 2000; Day, M., Rosenberg, J. and Sugano, H., “A Model for Presence and Instant Messaging,” RFC 2778, February 2000; Rosenberg, J. and Schulzrinne, H., “SIP caller preferences and callee capabilities,” (work in progress), November 2000; Crocker, D. et al., “A Common Profile for Instant Messaging (CPIM),” (work in progress), February 2001.
- The present invention relates to a mechanism for providing state information, which bears on the presence of a telephone user, to a presence system. The state information is derived by monitoring events relating to telephony use. Once derived, the state information is directly or indirectly sent to a presence service, which provides presence information to applications or people requiring such information about the telephone user. The state information preferably bears on the presence, absence, or availability of the telephone user based on their interaction with a telephony device or function. In one embodiment, a telephony switching system is configured to monitor events associated with a telephony device or function and send messages to a presence service over a packet-switched network when the state of the telephony device or function changes. In another embodiment, an IP telephone system is configured to provide state information to the presence service.
- In circuit-switched embodiments, the switching system may include traditional public switched telephone network (PSTN) devices as well as wireless switching devices to monitor events associated with the use of the telephony device to detect state changes. In packet-switched telephone systems, the telephony function may be provided in a separate device or as a part of a larger system that is capable of determining the state of the telephony use and notify the presence service of the same. Location information may be provided to the presence service along with the state information. The additional value of location information is clear when the telephony device or function is part of a mobile application, but is also to some degree useful even if the telephony device is typically in a constant location. To illustrate this point, consider the value of knowing if a person is talking on their office or their residential phone. Preferably, the state information is derived from monitoring events associated with normal telephony communication to minimize the impact of extracting presence information on the overall system.
- Those skilled in the art will appreciate the scope of the present invention and realize additional aspects thereof after reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments in association with the accompanying drawing figures.
- The accompanying drawing figures incorporated in and forming a part of this specification illustrate several aspects of the invention, and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention.
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FIG. 1 is a block representation of a communication environment constructed according to one embodiment of the present invention. -
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FIG. 3 is a block representation of a telephony switch constructed according to one embodiment of the present invention. - The embodiments set forth below represent the necessary information to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention and illustrate the best mode of practicing the invention. Upon reading the following description in light of the accompanying drawing figures, those skilled in the art will understand the concepts of the invention and will recognize applications of these concepts not particularly addressed herein. It should be understood that these concepts and applications fall within the scope of the disclosure and the accompanying claims.
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FIG. 1 , a communication environment, which is capable of automatically generating presence information in relation to telephony devices, is illustrated. The communication environment may include a circuit-switchednetwork 10, such as the public switched telephone network (PSTN) or a cellular communication network, and a packet-switchednetwork 12, such as the Internet, which supports packet-switched communications. The circuit-switchednetwork 10 may include various types of switches to facilitate circuit-switched communications for landline or wireless communications. The circuit-switchednetwork 10 supports communications with various types oftelephony devices 16, such as atraditional landline telephone 16A or amobile telephone 16B. In a wireless communication embodiment, theswitches 14 cooperate with base stations (not shown), which facilitate wireless communications with mobile terminals, such as themobile telephone 16B. Those skilled in the art will recognize the functionality of theswitches 14 and other components in the circuit-switchednetwork 10 to facilitate communications with the landline andwireless telephony devices 16. - The
switch 14 is defined as being either an integrated device or multi-component system facilitating circuit-switched communication and including call server or call control functionality, which is traditionally provided in intelligent networks (IN), such as those implementing SS7 and the like. Typically, theswitches 14 cooperate with aprovisioning database 18, which provides information allowing aswitch 14 to properly identify, locate, and provision thevarious telephony devices 16 in the circuit-switchednetwork 10. - The present invention is particularly beneficial for delivering presence information, which may include the state of the
telephony device 16, its location, or a combination thereof, directly or indirectly to apresence server 20, located on the packet-switchednetwork 12. If necessary, agateway 22 may be used to facilitate communications between theswitch 14 and devices on the packet-switchednetwork 12. Thegateway 22 may facilitate any necessary protocol conversions required for communications between theswitch 14 and devices on the packet-switchednetwork 12. - The
presence server 20 facilitates a presence service and operates to collect presence information for various devices of various users, process the presence information, and provide the presence information topresence applications 24, automatically or in response to a request. Eachpresence application 24 is associated with a user device (not shown), and provides alerts to the associated user based on presence information associated with other users and derived from thepresence server 20. Preferably, thepresence application 24 subscribes to thepresence server 20 and identifies the users whose presence information is desired. Thepresence server 20 will accept these subscriptions as well as register participating users and their associated devices. Thepresence server 20 may also implement various presence delivery rules to allow users to control the dissemination of their presence information to other users. Notably, various profiles may be established to allow select groups of users to obtain more presence information than other groups. Accordingly, each registered user may implement filters or rules to control dissemination of their information to other users. In the converse, users subscribing to receive presence information of others may also establish profiles identifying the users whose presence information is desired and the types of presence information they wish to receive. - A
registrar server 26 may be provided on the packet-switchednetwork 12 to maintain a relationship between the logical and the physical addresses of devices that directly or indirectly communicate with thepresence server 20. Such registration is typically required only when there is a change between the logical or user addresses and the physical addresses of a given device. - In one embodiment, the
switch 14 is configured to provide presence information corresponding to the state, location, or a combination thereof associated with atelephony device 16 to thepresence server 20. In this embodiment, it is preferable to provide aproxy server 28 to act as a liaison between theswitch 14 and thepresence server 20. As such, theswitch 14 will provide presence information to theproxy server 28, which will represent theswitch 14 to thepresence server 20 in a traditional proxy fashion. Those skilled in the art will recognize that theproxy server 28 is optional. - The presence information provided to the
presence server 20 from theswitch 14 will depend on the application and the type of communication environment. For example, thetraditional landline telephone 16A will not change location, and will typically provide location information only as a part of registration, and dynamically provide a mechanism to determine state information relating to its operation. For example, theswitch 14 that serves thetelephone 16A can determine whether the phone is on-hook or off-hook, and thus determine whether the user is engaged in a telephone call. More sophisticated systems may be able to determine whether the party is on a conference call, on hold, and whether any settings on the phone indicate that the user is in or out of the office. Accordingly, the state information gathered by theswitch 14 in association with the operation oftelephone 16A is used to create presence information to send to thepresence server 20 via theproxy server 28. - For mobile terminals, such as the
mobile telephone 16B, the servicing mobility switching center (SMSC), which is represented byswitch 14, may gather all of the state information described above, as well as provide dynamic location information derived directly from themobile terminal 16B or from the circuit-switchednetwork 10. Accordingly, the state information for mobile devices may be supplemented with location information, which provides thepresence server 20 the opportunity to distribute presence information to thevarious presence applications 24 based on dynamic location, if so desired. The location information may be provided by the mobile terminal, if equipped with location detection technology, such as that provided by the Global Positioning System (GPS), wherein the mobile terminal receives the GPS coordinates and may provide either the coordinates to theswitch 14, which will determine the mobile terminal's location, or may process the GPS information to determine a location, which is then sent to theswitch 14. Alternatively, triangulation techniques may be used to determine the mobile terminal's location, which may be stored in alocation database 30 or like device. Thelocation database 30 may be accessed via theswitch 14 to obtain location information, or thelocation database 30 may be configured such that thepresence server 20 or an associated device may directly access it via the packet-switchednetwork 12. - Packet-based telephony devices, such as the
packet telephone system 32, essentially emulate the operation of circuit-switchedtelephony devices 16 entirely over the packet-switchednetwork 12. Thus, presence information associated with a fixed or mobilepacket telephone system 32 may be configured to provide automated presence information including state information, and perhaps location information, to thepresence server 20 directly or indirectly via aproxy server 28. Thepacket telephone system 32 will include auser interface 34 and acontrol system 36. As those skilled in the art will recognize, thepacket telephone system 32 may be integrated into a single device, or may be implemented in multiple devices in a client-server configuration. For the latter case, theproxy server 28 may be further configured to support various operational features of thepacket telephone system 32. - The
user interface 34 may include a microphone and speaker to facilitate voice communications, as well as various keypads and displays to allow user interaction in traditional fashion. Thecontrol system 36 will operate to support theuser interface 34 and provide the requisite functionality to enable thepacket telephone system 32 to facilitate communications with other devices on the packet-switchednetwork 12 directly or indirectly via theproxy server 28. For the purposes of description, assume that thecontrol system 36 is capable of gathering and providing state information for thepacket telephone system 32. In wireless environments, a wireless packet-switched network (not shown) is necessary to facilitate communications with the packet-switchednetwork 12. - Although many communication protocols may be used to facilitate communications between the various devices on the packet-switched
network 12 and thegateway 22 orswitch 14, the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) or the SIP for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions (SIMPLE) protocol is implemented in one embodiment of the present invention. The specification for SIP is provided in the Internet Engineering Task Force's RFC 2543: Session Initiation Protocol Internet Draft, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. - In general, a SIP proxy, such as may be provided by the
proxy server 28, may facilitate media sessions between any number of endpoints, which represent the devices communicating with each other. These endpoints may support any one or combination of data, audio, and voice media sessions, depending on the configuration of the respective endpoints. In addition to traditional SIP endpoints, endpoints for the present invention may take the form of theswitch 14, theregistrar server 26, thepresence server 20, the device running thepresence application 24, and the like. - A SIP endpoint is generally capable of running an application, which is generally referred to as a user agent (UA), and is capable of facilitating media sessions using SIP. User agents register their ability to establish sessions with a SIP proxy, such as
proxy server 28, by sending “REGISTER” messages to the SIP proxy. The REGISTER message informs the SIP proxy of the SIP universal resource locator (URL) that identifies the user agent to the SIP network. The REGISTER message also contains information about how to reach specific user agents over the SIP network, by providing the Internet Protocol (IP) address and port that the user agent will use for SIP sessions. - A “SUBSCRIBE” message may be used to subscribe to an application or service provided by a SIP endpoint. Further, “NOTIFY” messages may be used to provide information between SIP endpoints in response to various actions or messages, including REGISTER and SUBSCRIBE messages.
- When a user agent wants to establish a session with another user agent, the user agent initiating the session will send an INVITE message to the SIP proxy and specify the targeted user agent in the TO header of the INVITE message. Identification of the user agent takes the form of a SIP URL. In its simplest form, the URL is represented by a number or “<username>@<domain>,” such as “janedoe@nortelnetworks.com.” The SIP proxy will use the SIP URL in the TO header of the message to determine if the targeted user agent is registered with the SIP proxy. Generally, the user name is unique within the name space of the specified domain.
- If the targeted user agent has registered with the SIP proxy, the SIP proxy will forward the INVITE message directly to the targeted user agent. The targeted user agent will respond with a 200 OK message, and a session between the respective user agents will be established as per the message exchange required in the SIP specification. Media capabilities are passed between the two user agents of the respective endpoints as parameters embedded within the session setup messages, such as the INVITE, 200 OK, and acknowledgement (ACK) messages. The media capabilities are typically described using the Session Description Protocol (SDP). Once respective endpoints are in an active session with each other and have determined each other's capabilities, the specified media content may be exchanged during an appropriate media session.
- An exemplary call flow for providing presence information relating to a
telephony device 16 on the circuit-switchednetwork 10 is illustrated inFIG. 2 . Although the SIP protocol is used for illustration, those skilled in the art will recognize the general functionality of the described messages and their applicability to other protocols. The flow begins when a user initially requests activation of thetelephony device 16 through a local exchange carrier or like entity, which controls access and communications for thetelephony device 16. Typically, thetelephony device 16 is provisioned by providing provisioning information from theprovisioning database 18 to the switch 14 (step 100). Preferably, the traditional provisioning information is supplemented with information indicating whether the user oftelephony device 16 wishes to subscribe to the presence service provided by thepresence server 20. Accordingly, theswitch 14 will receive the provisioning information from theprovisioning database 18 and provision thetelephony device 16, as well as store information that correlates the relationship between thetelephony device 16 and a presence ID, which is used by thepresence server 20 for determining the state of thetelephony device 16. Thetelephony device 16 is typically identified on the circuit-switchednetwork 10 using a directory number, caller identification, or similar designation. Alternatively, a user may be able to dynamically provision a device from the device, without requiring the network operator to take action. - Once the provisioning of
telephony device 16 is complete, theswitch 14 will send a REGISTER message to the proxy server 28 (step 102). Preferably, theswitch 14 registers as a user agent, and theproxy server 28 acts as a SIP proxy server. The REGISTER message effectively registers the ability of theswitch 14 to provide presence information with theSIP proxy 28. In particular, the REGISTER message informs theproxy server 28 of the SIP URL that identifies the user agent of theswitch 14 to the (SIP) packet-switchednetwork 12. The REGISTER message may also contain information about how to reach the user agent over the packet-switchednetwork 12, typically by providing the Internet Protocol (IP) address and port that the user agent will use for SIP sessions. Preferably, the REGISTER message will also include an initial state of thetelephony device 16 and identification indicia for thetelephony device 16. The identification indicia in a SIP environment is preferably a SIP ID, which is the logical address associated with thetelephony device 16, as represented on the packet-switchednetwork 12. - In response to this initial REGISTER message, the
proxy server 28 will send a like REGISTER message to theregistrar server 26 to register thetelephony device 16 with the registrar server 26 (step 104). Further, theproxy server 28 may also forward the REGISTER message to the presence server 20 (step 106). At this point, thepresence server 20 has registered thetelephony device 16 and has associated an initial state for thetelephony device 16. - The
presence server 20 consolidates and/or transforms device data into the state associated with a logical or user identification and provides relevant state information to thepresence application 24. Subsequently, thepresence application 24 will subscribe to the presence service provided by thepresence server 20 to receive notifications of state information or state changes relating totelephony device 16, or other devices relating to the state or availability of the user. Accordingly, thepresence application 24 will send a SUBSCRIBE message, which includes identification information (SIP ID) of thetelephony device 16, to the proxy server 28 (step 108), which will forward the SUBSCRIBE message to the presence server 20 (step 110). In response, thepresence server 20 will use the SIP ID provided in the SUBSCRIBE message to identify thetelephony device 16 for which state information is requested. Once thepresence server 20 has determined the state of thetelephony device 16, a NOTIFY message, including the state of thetelephony device 16, is sent to the proxy server 28 (step 112), which forwards the NOTIFY message to the presence application 24 (step 114). At this point, thepresence application 24 has subscribed to state changes associated with thetelephony device 16 and has received the initial state of thetelephony device 16. Thus, thepresence application 24 may react as necessary in response to receiving the state information for thetelephony device 16 and awaits state change notifications for thetelephony device 16. - Assume that the
telephony device 16 changes state, such as being placed on-hook, going off-hook, initiating a hold function, going out of service, initiating a service activation, or the like. In essence, any change of state will trigger an event, which is sent to theswitch 14 in traditional fashion (step 116). In addition to normal processing of the event, theswitch 14 will recognize that thetelephony device 16 has been provisioned to alert the presence service of state changes, and will send a REGISTER message identifying the telephony device 16 (preferably using the SIP ID) and including the current state to the proxy server 28 (step 118), which represents thepresence server 20 to theswitch 14.Proxy server 28 will then send a REGISTER message to register the new state in association with the identifiedtelephony device 16 with the presence server 20 (step 120). Thepresence server 20 will then process the state information associated withtelephony device 16 and send a NOTIFY message, if necessary, to theproxy server 28 to provide the updated state information (step 122), which will forward the NOTIFY message to the presence application 24 (step 124), which can then take appropriate action based on the state information (step 126). As noted above, the state information may be associated with location information in an appropriately configured wireless communication system. - Those skilled in the art will recognize that the use of REGISTER messages is only one implementation. In general, the
switch 14 or some other device that provides autonomous state change information can use a REGISTER message or some other undefined message to notify the presence service. If thepresence server 20 subscribes to the information on theswitch 14, which changes the role of the switch to that of a presence user agent, it would allow the use of NOTIFY messages to communicate the presence data to thepresence server 20. - The
switch 14 may be configured to provide a table, which correlates the identification of thetelephony device 16 on the circuit-switchednetwork 10 with a presence identity, which is preferably a SIP address or URL. Using this table, theswitch 14 can identify state changes for thetelephony device 16 and can send updated presence information indirectly or directly to thepresence server 20. For example, assume that a user has subscribed to an automatic presence service from a cellular communication operator. Part of the service subscription process will provision a presence address and correlate it with a registeredmobile telephone 16B, based either upon the mobile identification number, a SIM card identification, the telephone number, or like designation. Whenever the user'smobile telephone 16B is on and in reach of the mobile network, the home location register (HLR) is made aware of this fact as part of the normal course of cellular telephone operation. The HLR can register on-line status on behalf of the user's presence identification based on this information. As noted, the presence information may include location identification in addition to state information. Those skilled in the art will recognize the application of the present invention to both traditional time division multiplexing (TDM) switching systems and more recent innovations, such as IP public branch exchanges, or telephony clients, such as SIP user agents, H.323 endpoints, Microsoft NetMeeting, or real-time communication clients. Network resources, such as SIP proxies or H.323 gatekeepers, may also apply this technology if they retain call status information on the endpoints or user agents they manage. - Turning now to
FIG. 3 , a block representation of aswitch 14 is illustrated. Theswitch 14 is represented generically and is intended to cover the logical functionality of land-based and mobile switching systems, which include all control for call server-based functions. These switches may be implemented in a variety of ways using different equipment types, such as Nortel Networks Limited's DMS-100 local switching system. Theswitch 14 typically includes a switchingfabric module 38, acomputing module 40, includingstorage software 42, a subscriber/base station interface 44, anetwork interface 46, an operations/administration and maintenance (OA & M)module 48, and apacket interface 50. The switchingfabric 38 may comprise logical and physical switches for interconnecting the subscriber/base station interface 44 with the remainder of the circuit-switchednetwork 10 through thenetwork interface 46. Depending on a land-based or wireless embodiment, the subscriber/base station interface 44 will either directly support subscribers through subscriber lines or will support base stations, which facilitate wireless communications with mobile devices. As illustrated, thecomputing module 40 controls circuit-switched communications via the switchingfabric 38 and is capable of providing traditional intelligent network monitoring and functions. Further, thecomputing module 40 may cooperate with theprovisioning database 18 as described above. As noted above, the functionality of the switch may be provided in various levels of integration. - In operation, the
software 42 of thecomputing module 40 is modified to recognize state changes associated with supportedtelephony devices 16 and provide the state information via thepacket interface 50 either directly or indirectly to thepresence server 20 on the packet-switchednetwork 12. As noted, the messages sent to thepresence server 20 will include identification for the associatedtelephony device 16, relative state information, and perhaps location information derived from amobile telephone 16B or from elsewhere in the system. Preferably, thecomputing module 40 will cooperate with theprovisioning database 18 to store information indicating that theparticular telephony device 16 is subscribing to the presence service and providing an address for sending state change messages directly or indirectly to thepresence server 20. - Those skilled in the art will recognize improvements and modifications to the preferred embodiments of the present invention. All such improvements and modifications are considered within the scope of the concepts disclosed herein and the claims that follow.
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1. A method of providing presence information associated with a user of a communication device, the method comprising:
receiving, at a presence server, usage information associated with the communication device, the usage information received from at least one network serving the communication device;
determining, from the usage information, state information for association with the communication device;
receiving, at the presence server, location information associated with the communication device;
determining presence information for association with the user of the communication device based on the state information and the location information; and
providing the presence information to a presence service.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising registering the communication device with the presence service.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein registering the communication device comprises sending a registration message to the presence service, the registration message identifying the communication device.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
determining, from the usage information, the state information for association with the communication device comprises detecting a change in a state of the communication device; and
providing the presence information to the presence service comprises providing presence information which has been updated based on the detected change in the state of the communication device.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the usage information comprises information indicative of a communication event associated with the communication device; and
determining the state information for association with the communication device comprises determining state information based on occurrence of the communication event.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the presence information comprises at least one of:
user presence;
user absence;
user availability via the communication device;
whether the communication device is currently off or on; and
user's current use of the communication device.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving, at the presence server, usage information associated with the communication device, from the at least one network serving the communication device, comprises receiving the usage information from multiple networks serving the communication device.
8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, at the presence server, respective usage information associated with each of the communication devices associated with the user, the respective usage information received from at least one network serving multiple communication devices associated with the user;
determining respective state information for association with each of the communication devices associated with the user; and
determining the presence information for association with the user based on the respective state information associated with each of the communication devices associated with the user.
9. The method of claim 8 , comprising:
receiving, at the presence server, respective location information for each of the multiple communication devices associated with the user; and
determining the presence information for association with the user based on the respective state information associated with each of the communication devices associated with the user and the respective location information for each of the multiple communication devices associated with the user.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the communication device comprises a telephony device.
11. A system for providing presence information associated with a user of a communication device, the system comprising a presence server having features enabling:
reception of usage information associated with the communication device, from at least one network serving the communication device;
determination, from the usage information, of state information for association with the communication device;
reception, at the presence server, of location information associated with the communication device;
determination of presence information for association with the user of the communication device based on the state information and the location information; and
provision of the presence information to a presence service.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the presence server has features enabling registration of the communication device with the presence service.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the presence server has features enabling registration of the communication device by sending a registration message to the presence service, the registration message identifying the communication device.
14. The system of claim 11 , wherein:
the presence service has features enabling determination, from the usage information, of the state information for association with the communication device by detecting a change in a state of the communication device; and
the presence server has features enabling provision of the presence information to the presence service by providing presence information which has been updated based on the detected change in the state of the communication device.
15. The system of claim 11 , wherein:
the usage information comprises information indicative of a communication event associated with the communication device; and
the presence server has features enabling determination of the state information for association with the communication device by determining state information based on occurrence of the communication event.
16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the presence information comprises at least one of:
user presence;
user absence;
user availability via the communication device;
whether the communication device is currently off or on; and
user's current use of the communication device.
17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the features enabling the reception, at the presence server, of the usage information associated with the communication device, from the at least one network serving the communication device, comprise features enabling reception of the usage information from multiple networks serving the communication device.
18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the presence server has features enabling:
reception, at the presence server, of respective usage information associated with each of the communication devices associated with the user, from at least one network serving multiple communication devices associated with the user;
determination of respective state information for association with each of the communication devices associated with the user; and
determination of the presence information for association with the user based on the respective state information associated with each of the communication devices associated with the user.
19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the presence server has features enabling:
reception, at the presence server, of respective location information for each of the multiple communication devices associated with the user; and
determination of the presence information for association with the user based on the respective state information associated with each of the communication devices associated with the user and the respective location information for each of the multiple communication devices associated with the user.
20. The system of claim 11 , wherein the communication device comprises a telephony device.
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