Presence and geographic location notification based on a setting
First Claim
1. A method for providing notification information corresponding to a communication identity, the method comprising:
- accessing notification setting information that identifies a temporal condition including at least one temporal period during which notification information is to be provided or withheld, wherein a beginning and an end of the at least one temporal period are specified in the notification setting information in advance of the beginning of the temporal period;
determining whether the temporal condition is satisfied; and
controlling dissemination of notification information related to the communications identity based on whether the temporal condition is satisfied.
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Abstract
A user of an instant messaging system may store names of other users of the instant messaging system on a participant list (which may be referred to as a “buddy list”), and the names may be categorized into one or more groups. Similarly, a user of a mobile device, such as a mobile telephone, may store contact information about people on the mobile device. Information describing the on-line presence of the user within the instant messaging system or the geographic location of a mobile device, such as a mobile telephone associated with the user, may be disseminated to users on the participant list or to people on the contact list based on notification information that is associated with groups of users or contacts.
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66 Claims
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1. A method for providing notification information corresponding to a communication identity, the method comprising:
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accessing notification setting information that identifies a temporal condition including at least one temporal period during which notification information is to be provided or withheld, wherein a beginning and an end of the at least one temporal period are specified in the notification setting information in advance of the beginning of the temporal period;
determining whether the temporal condition is satisfied; and
controlling dissemination of notification information related to the communications identity based on whether the temporal condition is satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A computer-readable medium or propagated signal having embodied thereon a computer program configured to provide notification information corresponding to a communication identity, the medium or signal comprising one or more code segments configured to:
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access notification setting information that identifies a temporal condition including at least one temporal period during which notification information is to be provided or withheld, wherein a beginning and an end of the at least one temporal period are specified in the notification setting information in advance of the beginning of the temporal period;
determine whether the temporal condition is satisfied; and
control dissemination of notification information related to the communications identity based on whether the temporal condition is satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A system for providing notification information corresponding to a communication identity, the system configured to:
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access notification setting information that identifies a temporal condition including at least one temporal period during which notification information is to be provided or withheld, wherein a beginning and an end of the at least one temporal period are specified in the notification setting information in advance of the beginning of the temporal period;
determine whether the temporal condition is satisfied; and
control dissemination of notification information relating to the communications identity based on whether the temporal condition is satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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66. A system for providing notification information corresponding to a communication identity, the system comprising:
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means for accessing notification setting information that identifies a temporal condition including at least one temporal period during which notification information is to be provided or withheld, wherein a beginning and an end of the at least one temporal period are specified in the notification setting information in advance of the beginning of the temporal period;
means for determining whether the temporal condition is satisfied; and
means for controlling dissemination of notification information relating to the communications identity in response to a result of the determination.
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