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Managing Status Information for Instant Messaging Users

  • US 20100250692A1
  • Filed: 06/05/2010
  • Published: 09/30/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of providing user-defined status information in an instant messaging (“

  • IM”

    ) system, comprising;

    receiving an indication, by an IM client from a user of the IM client, that a particular IM status defined by the user is now applicable to the user;

    storing, responsive to the receiving, the particular IM status in a repository that is accessible to other IM client users for determining, by the other IM client users, a currently-applicable IM status of the user of the IM client; and

    responsive to queries of the repository by any of the other IM clients, providing the stored particular IM status as the currently-applicable IM status of the user of the IM client.

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