US Patent 8675852 Using location as a presence attribute

Patent 8675852 was granted and assigned to Oracle on March, 2014 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Oracle

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

86758520

Patent Inventor Names

Stephane H. Maes0

Date of Patent

March 18, 2014

Patent Application Number

120143870

Date Filed

January 15, 2008

Patent Primary Examiner

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Khai N. Nguyen

Patent abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for determining location of a principal. According to one embodiment, a method of providing location information for a principal can comprise receiving a presence event related to the principal. A location of the principal can be indicated by or determined based on the presence event. The location of the principal can be stored as a location attribute of a presence profile of the principal. The method can further comprise providing access to the location attribute of the presence profile of the principal to one or more subscribers or users of a presence service. In some cases, providing access to the location attribute of the presence profile of the principal to the one or more subscribers can be based on one or more policies of the presence service.