Abstract: A presence system and method are disclosed. The system comprises, intercommunicated: presentities E1, E2, E3 that provide presence notifications N1, N2, N3; a watcher W able to observe, when received, the presence notifications N1, N2, N3; and a presence service PS that receives the presence notifications N1, N2, N3 and delivers it to the watcher W, which is subscribed to the presence service PS. The presence service PS is able to acquire information about an idle, on-hold or suspended state of the presence subscription of the watcher W, and automatically delivers the presence notifications N1, N2, N3 to the watcher W only when he is not in the idle, on-hold or suspended state. The method is applied to carry out the necessary actions for operating the system proposed.

Abstract: A presence system and method are disclosed. The system comprises, intercommunicated: presentities E1, E2, E3 that provide presence notifications N1, N2, N3; a watcher W able to observe, when received, the presence notifications N1, N2, N3; and a presence service PS that receives the presence notifications N1, N2, N3 and delivers it to the watcher W, which is subscribed to the presence service PS. The presence service PS is able to acquire information about an idle, on-hold or suspended state of the presence subscription of the watcher W, and automatically delivers the presence notifications N1, N2, N3 to the watcher W only when he is not in the idle, on-hold or suspended state. The method is applied to carry out the necessary actions for operating the system proposed.