Method and system for providing notification when a user becomes available for communicating
First Claim
1. A computer-based method for providing presence information of contacts, the method comprising:
- subscribing to presence information of the contacts;
specifying contacts of interest;
when the presence state of a contact of interest indicates a certain change, notifying the user of the change in presence state of the contact of interest; and
when the presence state of a contact that is not of interest changes, suppressing the notifying of the user.
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Abstract
A method and system for providing notifications of changes in the presence state of contacts is provided. A notification system allows a user to specify those contacts of interest for whom the user wants to be notified when the contact enters a certain presence state. When presence information is received about a contact, the notification system determines whether the contact is a contact of interest as specified by the user. If so, then the notification system determines whether the presence information indicates a change in presence state that is of interest to the user. If the contact and the change in presence state are of interest to the user, the notification system notifies the user.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-based method for providing presence information of contacts, the method comprising:
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subscribing to presence information of the contacts;
specifying contacts of interest;
when the presence state of a contact of interest indicates a certain change, notifying the user of the change in presence state of the contact of interest; and
when the presence state of a contact that is not of interest changes, suppressing the notifying of the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system to provide presence information of contacts, by a method comprising:
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receiving a presence state of a contact;
determining whether the contact is a contact of interest;
determining whether the received presence state is of user-specified interest; and
when it is determined that the contact is of interest and the presence state is of user-specified interest, notifying the user of the received presence state. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for notifying a user when a contact becomes available to communicate, comprising:
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means for specifying contacts of interest; and
means for notifying the user when a contact of interest becomes available, the notification indicating methods of communication with the contact. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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