System and method of managing real-time communications using context-based awareness states
First Claim
1. A computerized method for managing communications by a user of a computing device who participates in an awareness service system, the method comprising:
- publishing a first awareness state associated with the user to a first participant of the awareness service system, while publishing a second different awareness state associated with the user to a second participant of the awareness service system, each published awareness state being based on a collaborative relationship between the user and the participant to which that awareness state is published.
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Abstract
Described are a system and method for managing online communications by a user who participates in an awareness service system. A first awareness state associated with the user is published to a first participant of the awareness service system, while a second different awareness state associated with the user is published to a second participant of the awareness service system. Each published awareness state is based on a collaborative relationship between the user and the participant to which that awareness state is published.
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26 Claims
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1. A computerized method for managing communications by a user of a computing device who participates in an awareness service system, the method comprising:
publishing a first awareness state associated with the user to a first participant of the awareness service system, while publishing a second different awareness state associated with the user to a second participant of the awareness service system, each published awareness state being based on a collaborative relationship between the user and the participant to which that awareness state is published. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An awareness service system, comprising:
an instant messaging system that publishes a first awareness state associated with a user to a first participant of the awareness service system, while publishing a second different awareness state associated with the user to a second participant of the awareness service system, each published awareness state being based on a collaborative relationship between the user and the participant to which that awareness state is published. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer program product for use with a computer system for managing communications by a user of a computing device who participates in an instant messaging system, the computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having embodied therein program code comprising:
- program code for publishing a first awareness state associated with the user to a first participant of the awareness service system, while publishing a second different awareness state associated with the user to a second participant of the awareness service system, each published awareness state being based on a collaborative relationship between the user and the participant to which that awareness state is published.
- View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave for use with a computer system for managing communications by a user of a computing device who participates in an instant messaging system, the computer system having a display and being capable of generating a user interface through which a user may interact with the computer system, the computer data signal comprising:
- program code for publishing a first awareness state associated with the user to a first participant of the awareness service system, while publishing a second different awareness state associated with the user to a second participant of the awareness service system, each published awareness state being based on a collaborative relationship between the user and the participant to which that awareness state is published.
- View Dependent Claims (26)
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