Method for dynamic filtering of a group communication

A non-transitory computer program product, comprising code instructions for implementing a method comprising:

• the receiving of a request to establish a communication with a group of users, each user of the group of users having a current status selected among a status “available” and a status “unavailable,” the request comprising a communication rule selected among:
• a “restricted” communication rule stating that the communication is only to be established with members of the group of users having as their current status the status of “available”, and
• an “extended” communication rule stating that the communication is to be established with all members of the group of users regardless of whether their current status is the status “available” or the status “unavailable,” and
• the establishing of a communication with a set of terminals of members of the group of users, said set being determined based on the received communication rule and on the current statuses of the members of the group of users associated with the terminals,
• wherein the communication is established only with members of the group of users having as current status the status “available” if the received communication rule is the “restricted” communication rule, and wherein the communication is established with all members of the group of users regardless whether their current status is the status “available” or the status “unavailable” if the received communication rule is the “extended” communication rule,
• when said code instructions are executed by a processor.

A computer system comprising at least one terminal and a communications management server, wherein the terminal comprises:

• an interface for connecting to a multimedia data network,
• display means of a human-machine interface,
• an interface for entering instructions, and
• a processor, configured to:
• select a communication rule for establishing a communication with a group of users, each user of the group of users having a current status selected among a status “available” and a status “unavailable”, among:
• a “restricted” communication rule stating that the communication is only to be established with members of the group of users having as current status the status “available”, and
• an “extended” communication rule stating that the communication is to be established with all members of the group of users regardless whether their current status is the status “available” or the status “unavailable”, and
• send the selected communication rule to the communications management server along with a request to establish a communication,
• wherein the communications management server comprises:
• a memory, in which are stored:
• a list of user identifiers, each identifier being associated with a current status of a user, the current status of the user being selected among a status “available” and a status “unavailable,” and
• a definition of at least one group of users containing the list of identifiers of the members of the group of users,
• a processor configured to:
• receive the request to establish a communication with the group of users, the request comprising a communication rule selected among:
• the “restricted” communication rule and the “extended” communication rule stating that the communication is to be established with all members of the group of users regardless of whether their current status is the status “available” or the status “unavailable,” and
• the establishing of establish a communication with a set of terminals of members of the group of users, said set being determined based on the received communication rule and on the current statuses of users associated with the terminals, wherein the communication is established only with members of the group of users having as current status the status “available” if the received communication rule is the “restricted” communication rule, and wherein the communication is established with all members of the group of users regardless whether their current status is the status “available” or the status “unavailable” if the received communication rule is the “extended” communication rule.