System and method for quality of presence
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsSreenivasa Gorti, Robert Henry
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Abstract
A rating of the quality of the presence information of a user at a communication device is determined by an aggregation client by determining a direct indicator of presence of a user at the communication device, determining a presence likelihood at the communication device, determining a time delay characteristic related to input on the communication device, and determining a quality of presence rating based on these factors. A graphical or numerical indication of the quality of presence rating is sent to other users' communications devices.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- obtaining information associated with a group of communication devices, wherein the information is obtained by a processor;
- determining a direct indicator of presence for the group of communication devices based on the information;
- determining a presence likelihood for the group of communication devices based on the information;
- determining a time delay characteristic for the group of communication devices based on the information, wherein the time delay characteristic comprises a decay adjustment based on a time of last usage of each communication device of the group of communication devices;
- determining a quality of presence rating for the group of communication devices based on the direct indicator of presence, the presence likelihood and the time delay characteristic;
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- providing an indication of the quality of presence rating for the group of communication devices to a display device;
- wherein the indication of the quality of presence rating is presented as a graphical representation of the indication.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer program instructions capable of being executed in a processor, the computer program instructions comprising code at least for:
- obtaining information associated with a group of communication devices;
- determining a direct indicator of presence for the group of communication devices based on the information;
- determining a presence likelihood for the group of communication devices based on the information;
- determining a time delay characteristic for the group of communication devices based on the information, wherein the time delay characteristic comprises a decay adjustment based on a time of last usage of each communication device of the group of communication devices;
- determining a quality of presence rating for the group of communication devices based on the direct indicator of presence, the presence likelihood and the time delay characteristic;
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- providing an indication of the quality of presence rating for the group of communication devices to a presentation device for outputting the indication of the quality of presence rating;
- wherein the indication of the quality of presence rating is presented as a graphical representation of the indication.
A system for providing a quality of presence rating, the system comprising:
- a memory comprising computer instructions;
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- a controller executing the computer instructions at least for;
- obtaining information associated with a group of communication devices;
- determining a direct indicator of presence for the group of communication devices based on the information;
- determining a presence likelihood for the group of communication devices based on the information;
- determining a time delay characteristic for the group of communication devices based on the information, wherein the time delay characteristic comprises a decay adjustment based on a time of last usage of each communication device of the group of communication devices;
- determining a quality of presence rating for the group of communication devices based on the direct indicator of presence, the presence likelihood and the time delay characteristic;
- and
- providing an indication of the quality of presence rating for the group of communication devices to a presentation device for outputting the indication of the quality of presence rating display device;
- wherein the indication of the quality of presence rating is presented as a graphical representation of the indication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.