System and method to enhance user presence management to enable the federation of rich media sessions

A system for enabling the federation of rich content sessions comprising:

• a CPU, a computer readable memory and a computer readable storage media;
• a preference repository being operable to receive registration and preferences of one or more users and one or more participating ecosystem sites, user activity information, and user activity requests received from the one or more participating ecosystem sites;
• a presence manager server being operable to:
• receive from the one or more participating ecosystem sites in a participant ecosystem a notification of user activity of the one or more users taking place on the one or more participating ecosystem sites;
• process the user activity based on the preferences of the one or more users and the one or more participating ecosystem sites established during a registration process and stored on the preference repository, wherein the processing comprises:
• determining that the user activity has been authorized by the one or more users as a notifiable activity;
• and
• determining that at least one of the one or more participating ecosystem sites has submitted a preference to be notified about the user activity;
• and
• send a notification of the user activity to the at least one of the one or more participating ecosystem sites in the participant ecosystem to enable the at least one of the one or more participating ecosystem sites to communicate the user activity to the one or more users and maintain a session of the one or more users with the at least one of the one or more participating ecosystem sites,
• wherein:
• each of the participating ecosystem sites is operable to execute an application, each application containing an application profile that describes the application;
• the presence manager server receiving the notification of the user activity of the one or more users comprises the presence manager server attaining a comprehensive awareness of the one or more users on the one or more participating ecosystem sites by determining a session status and availability of the one or more users on the one or more participating ecosystem sites;
• the session status and availability information is used by the at least one of the one or more participating ecosystem sites to synchronize related session activity with the one or more users and maintain the session of the one or more users;
• the preferences of the one or more users comprises information about which of the user activities that are performed on the one or more participating ecosystem sites is to be accessible by the one or more participating ecosystem sites and the one or more users on the one or more participating ecosystem sites, and
• the preferences of the one or more participating ecosystem sites comprises predetermined conditions or a set of predetermined conditions relating to the users activities that must be met prior to sending the notification of the user activity to the least one of the one or more participating ecosystem sites.

A computer program product comprising a computer usable storage memory having readable program code tangibly embodied in the storage medium, the computer program product being operable to:

• receive registration and preferences of one or more users and one or more participating ecosystem sites, user activity information of a user, and user activity requests from the one or more participating ecosystem sites in a participant ecosystem;
• receive a notification of user activity of the one or more users taking place on the one or more participating ecosystem sites from the one or more participating ecosystem sites in the participant ecosystem;
• process the user activity based on the preferences of the one or more users and the one or more participating ecosystem sites established during a registration process and stored on a repository, wherein the processing comprises:
• determining that the user activity has been authorized by the one or more users as a notifiable activity;
• and
• determining that at least one of the one or more participating ecosystem sites has submitted a preference to be notified about the user activity;
• and
• send a notification of the user activity to the at least one the one or more participating ecosystem sites that have a preference to be notified about the user activity of the user taking place on the one or more participating ecosystem sites in the participant ecosystem to enable the at least one of the one or more participating ecosystem sites to communicate the user activity to a plurality of other users on the at least one of the one or more participating ecosystem sites and maintain a session of the one or more users with the at least one of the one or more participating ecosystem sites,
• wherein the receiving the notification of the user activity of the one or more users comprises attaining a comprehensive awareness of the one or more users on the one or more participating ecosystem sites by determining a status and availability of the one or more users on the one or more participating ecosystem sites;
• wherein the preferences of the one or more users comprise information about which of the user activities that are performed on the one or more participating ecosystem sites is to be accessible by the one or more participating ecosystem sites and the one or more users on the one or more participating ecosystem sites;
• and
• wherein the preferences of the one or more participating ecosystem sites comprise predetermined conditions or a set of predetermined conditions relating to the users activities that must be met prior to sending the notification of the user activity to the least one of the one or more participating ecosystem sites.

A computer system for enabling the federation of rich content sessions, the computer system comprising:

• a CPU, a computer readable memory and a computer readable storage media;
• first program instructions to receive registration and preferences of one or more users and one or more participating ecosystem sites, user activity information of a user, and user activity requests from the one or more participating ecosystem sites in a participant ecosystem;
• second program instructions to receive a notification of user activity of the one or more users taking place on the one or more participating ecosystem sites from the one or more participating ecosystem sites in the participant ecosystem;
• third program instructions to process the user activity based on the preferences of the one or more user and the one or more participating ecosystem sites established during a registration process and stored on a repository, wherein the processing comprises:
• determining that the user activity has been authorized by the one or more users as a notifiable activity;
• and
• determining that at least one of the one or more participating ecosystem sites has submitted a preference to be notified about the user activity;
• and
• fourth program instructions to send a notification of the user activity to the at least one of the one or more participating ecosystem sites in the participant ecosystem to enable the at least one of the participating ecosystem sites to communicate the user activity to a plurality of other users and maintain a session of the one or more users with the at least one of the one or more participating ecosystem sites,
• wherein:
• the first, second, third, and fourth program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by the CPU via the computer readable memory;
• the receiving the notification of the user activity of the one or more users comprises attaining a comprehensive awareness of the one or more users on the one or more participating ecosystem sites by determining a status and availability of the one or more users on the one or more participating ecosystem sites;
• wherein the preferences of the one or more users comprise information about which of the user activities that are performed on the one or more participating ecosystem sites is to be accessible by the one or more participating ecosystem sites and the one or more users on the one or more participating ecosystem sites;
• and
• wherein the preferences of the one or more participating ecosystem sites comprise predetermined conditions or a set of predetermined conditions relating to the users activities that must be met prior to sending the notification of the user activity to the least one of the one or more participating ecosystem sites.