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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2004
Kenta Shiga, Yokohama, JP;
Junji Fukuzawa, Yokohama, JP;
Tooru Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Keisei Fujiwara, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoshi Kiyoto, Fujisawa, JP;
Kenta Shiga, Yokohama, JP;
Junji Fukuzawa, Yokohama, JP;
Tooru Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Keisei Fujiwara, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoshi Kiyoto, Fujisawa, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A presence management apparatus connected to first and second apparatuses via a network includes a unit for updating a first user's presence received from the first apparatus and a second user's presence received from the second apparatus, wherein the first user uses the first apparatus and the second user uses the second apparatus; a unit for registering a matching condition for another user's presence received from the first apparatus and designated by the first user and a matching condition for another user's presence received from the second apparatus and designated by the second user; and a unit for deciding if the first and second user's presences match the designated conditions when registration processing and/or update processing is performed.