Device profile determination and policy enforcement

A method of operating a system operating a communications platform, comprising:

• storing, in a data storage, a plurality of profiles associated with a first user of the communications platform and including a first profile, each profile comprising:
• profile context information defining a condition for selecting the profile;
• and
• profile configuration information comprising a set of parameters used by the communications platform to establish a requested communication session, wherein the set of parameters defines a quality or type of the requested communication session;
• receiving, from a first device associated with the first user via a communication network, a request to initiate a communication session using contact information associated with a second user;
• in response to receiving the request, determining whether the contact information associated with the second user meets the condition defined in the profile context information of the first profile;
• and
• in response to determining that the contact information associated with the second user meets the condition defined in the profile context information of the first profile, establishing the communication session using the set of parameters of the profile configuration information of the first profile,
• wherein determining whether the contact information associated with the second user meets the condition defined in the profile context information of the first profile comprises determining whether the contact information associated with the second user corresponds to an entry in a contact list associated with the first user.

A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to control a system operating a communications platform to perform functions of:

• storing, in a data storage, a plurality of profiles associated with a first user of the communications platform and including a first profile, each profile comprising:
• profile context information defining a condition for selecting the profile;
• and
• profile configuration information comprising a set of parameters used by the communications platform to establish a requested communication session, wherein the set of parameters defines a quality or type of the requested communication session;
• receiving, from a first device associated with the first user via a communication network, a request to initiate a communication session using contact information associated with a second user;
• in response to receiving the request, determining whether the contact information associated with the second user meets the condition defined in the profile context information of the first profile;
• and
• in response to determining that the contact information associated with the second user meets the condition defined in the profile context information of the first profile, establishing the communication session using the set of parameters of the profile configuration information of the first profile,
• wherein, for determining whether the contact information associated with the second user meets the condition defined in the profile context information of the first profile, the instructions further cause the processor to control the system to determine whether the contact information associated with the second user corresponds to an entry in a contact list associated with the first user.