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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2007
AL Chakra, Cary, NC (US);
David M. Ogle, Cary, NC (US);
Patrick J. O'sullivan, Dublin, IE;
Scott H. Snyder, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Al Chakra, Cary, NC (US);
David M. Ogle, Cary, NC (US);
Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Dublin, IE;
Scott H. Snyder, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A presence system comprises a presence server and a plurality of users in a distributed community of users that are associated with the presence server. The presence server selects a set of mediators, e.g., based upon a predetermined event, or other suitable factors, wherein each mediator is associated with a subset of the plurality of users. The presence server communicates presence information to the mediators where each mediator receives presence information regarding subscribed-to presence information for the users in their associated subset of users. Each mediator communicates the subscribed-to presence information to associated ones of the users in their associated subset of users.