INTEGRATED WEB PORTAL FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATIONS WITH AN INTENDED PARTY
First Claim
1. A method of operating a communications network to present, to a first user of a computing device, information about a second user to enable the first user to select an appropriate communication option for communicating with the second user, the method comprising:
- maintaining information about a second user in at least one server; and
at a service node in communication with the computing device of the first user and with the at least one or more server;
receiving, from an application executing at the computing device used by the first user, a request for a web page associated with the second user;
obtaining information related to a current activity of the second user;
determining at least one option for establishing communications with the second user; and
transmitting, to the application executing on the computing device used by the first user, a web page indicating the current activity of the second user and the at least one determined communications option.
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Abstract
Described are a system and method for presenting, to a first user, information about a second user to enable the first user to select an appropriate communication means for communicating with the second user. A service node receives from a web browser executing at a communication device used by the first user a request for a web page associated with the second user. The service node collects information related to a current status of activity of the second user, determines one or more options for establishing communications with the second user, and transmits to the first user the web page having the current activity of the second user and the one or more communications options.
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1. A method of operating a communications network to present, to a first user of a computing device, information about a second user to enable the first user to select an appropriate communication option for communicating with the second user, the method comprising:
maintaining information about a second user in at least one server; and
at a service node in communication with the computing device of the first user and with the at least one or more server;receiving, from an application executing at the computing device used by the first user, a request for a web page associated with the second user; obtaining information related to a current activity of the second user; determining at least one option for establishing communications with the second user; and transmitting, to the application executing on the computing device used by the first user, a web page indicating the current activity of the second user and the at least one determined communications option. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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