Method and system for workgroup presence availability
Embodiments provide a system, methods, apparatus, means, and computer program code for defining a workgroup; receiving one or more user presence contexts for users in said workgroup; and deriving a workgroup presence context from said one or more user contexts.
1 . A method, comprising:
defining a workgroup;
receiving one or more user presence contexts for users in said workgroup; and
deriving a workgroup presence context from said one or more user contexts.
2 . A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said deriving comprises evaluating a presence status of a predetermined number of members of said workgroup.
3 . A method in accordance with claim 2 , wherein said evaluating a presence status comprises evaluating a media presence value for individual media types.
4 . A method in accordance with claim 2 , wherein said evaluating a presence status comprises evaluating an aggregated media presence value for a user.
5 . A method in accordance with claim 2 , further comprising making the workgroup presence information available to all members of the workgroup.
6 . A telecommunications system, comprising:
a plurality of user devices defining a workgroup;
a presence server configured to monitor presence contexts of said plurality of users, said presence server including a workgroup presence control unit configured to monitor a workgroup presence, said workgroup presence derived from user presence contexts.
7 . A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 6 , wherein a workgroup presence is defined by a user presence of a predetermined number of user devices.
8 . A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 7 , wherein said predetermined number is user-programmable.
9 . A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 7 , wherein a workgroup presence is defined over a particular medium.
10 . A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 7 , wherein a workgroup presence is defined over a plurality of media.
11 . An apparatus, comprising:
a processor;
a communication port coupled to said processor and adapted to communicate with at least one device; and
a storage device coupled to said processor and storing instructions adapted to be executed by said processor to translate a plurality of user device contexts, the user contexts defining user presence states, into a workgroup context.
12 . An apparatus in accordance with claim 11 , wherein a workgroup context is defined by the presence states of a predetermined number of user contexts.
13 . An apparatus in accordance with claim 12 , wherein said predetermined number is more than half.
14 . An apparatus in accordance with claim 11 , wherein user contexts include Offline, Unknown, Online, or Busy.
15 . An apparatus in accordance with claim 14 , wherein a workgroup context includes Offline, Unknown, Online, or Busy.
16 . An apparatus in accordance with claim 15 , wherein a workgroup context is defined to be Online if a predetermined number of the user members of the workgroup are Online.
17 . An apparatus in accordance with claim 15 , wherein a workgroup context is defined to be Offline if a predetermined number of the user members of the workgroup are Offline.
18 . An apparatus in accordance with claim 15 , wherein a workgroup context is defined to be Unknown if a predetermined number of the user members of the workgroup are Unknown.
19 . An apparatus in accordance with claim 15 , wherein a workgroup context is defined to be Busy if a predetermined number of the user members of the workgroup are Busy.