Automatically updated instant messaging (IM) presence of roaming IM user
First Claim
1. A method of automatically updating a presence status of a roaming Instant Messaging (IM) user, comprising:
- receiving presence information obtained by a first computer relating to detection of short-range communication between a short-range wireless device carried by said roaming IM user, and said first computer; and
reporting a change of presence status for said roaming IM user to an IM client application.
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Abstract
Constant availability and/or presence information of a roaming Instant Messaging (IM) user is provided. The invention recognizes that IM users are not always sitting at their computer where their IM client application is installed. Detection of an unrelated short-range wireless communication device, e.g., a Bluetooth cell phone, or an RFID, carried on the body of the IM user, is accomplished by other, local or guest computers, and reported as presence changes for that particular IM user to an IM server, that logs that IM user'"'"'s presence in a suitable IM user presence database. Thus, a status or presence change is automatically updated in an IM server or other relevant IM application when a roaming IM user is in a vicinity of a guest computer at a different location.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of automatically updating a presence status of a roaming Instant Messaging (IM) user, comprising:
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receiving presence information obtained by a first computer relating to detection of short-range communication between a short-range wireless device carried by said roaming IM user, and said first computer; and reporting a change of presence status for said roaming IM user to an IM client application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. Apparatus for automatically updating a presence status of a roaming Instant Messaging (IM) user, comprising:
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means for receiving presence information obtained by a first computer relating to detection of short-range communication between a short-range wireless device carried by said roaming IM user, and said first computer; and means for reporting a change of presence status for said roaming IM user to an IM client application. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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