Aggregated Presence Server Messaging for Geometric Traffic Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing telephony systems consume vast network and server resources due to geometrically growing presence information traffic, requiring significant engineering efforts and often necessitate physical presence servers to manage presence functionality.
Innovation Solution
A system and method utilizing a presence server that aggregates and consolidates presence information from multiple accounts into a single message for client applications, reducing data traffic and resource consumption by using a RESTful API for communication between client devices and a cloud-based platform.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If presence information is transmitted repeatedly from each user terminal to every contact, then presence information is communicated to all contacts, but network and server resources are consumed geometrically
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines presence information from multiple user terminals into a single consolidated presence message that is then distributed to all contacts. Instead of each terminal sending separate presence information to every contact (resulting in geometric growth), the system merges all presence data at the server level and sends one unified message, dramatically reducing network and server resource consumption while maintaining reliable presence communication.
2Reliability
If presence functionality is implemented with repeated transmissions, then presence information is updated continuously, but engineering resources and server infrastructure requirements increase considerably
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the presence update function into a single server-based mechanism that consolidates status information from all terminals before distribution. This eliminates the need for complex peer-to-peer presence propagation logic and reduces engineering requirements by centralizing the presence management function, allowing continuous updates without proportional increases in infrastructure complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a presence server as an intermediary between user terminals and contacts. This server acts as a mediator that receives presence information from terminals, consolidates it, and distributes updated presence status to all contacts. This intermediary approach simplifies the system architecture by eliminating direct peer-to-peer complexity and reducing the burden on individual terminals and contacts.
3Reliability
If presence information is broadcast to all contacts, then all contacts receive updated status, but the traffic volume grows geometrically with each additional user and contact
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges presence information from all user terminals into a single consolidated presence message at the server level. Instead of broadcasting separate presence updates from each terminal to all contacts (which causes geometric traffic growth), the system creates one unified presence message that contains aggregated status information, thereby maintaining reliable delivery to all contacts while dramatically reducing overall traffic volume.
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method for communicating presence information that can include at a first server of a communication platform, receiving an authorization token of a first client application; verifying at least one permission associated with the authorization token; registering a presence status of the first client application upon verifying the at least one permission of the authorization token; at a second server of the communication platform, accepting an incoming communication request; retrieving communication instructions according to the incoming communication request; identifying an instruction to communicate with a communication destination of the first client application; accessing the presence status resource of the first client application; establishing communication with the first client application according to the accessed presence status resource.