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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2006
Michal Andrzej Rybak, Waterloo, CA;
Michal Andrzej Rybak, Waterloo, CA;
Research In Motion Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for deriving presence information of a mobile device at a presence node in a wireless system, the method having the steps of: analyzing a message received from the mobile device to determine a message type; and allocating a state for the mobile device depending on the message type found in the analyzing step. The apparatus is a presence node for deriving and maintaining presence information of a mobile device in a wireless system, the mobile device communicating with a network node, the presence node having: a communication system for communicating with the network node; a processor; and an application running on the processor, the application having means for analyzing a message received from the mobile device at the network node to determine a message type; and allocating a state for the mobile device depending on the message type found in the analyzing step.