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Instant Message User Management

  • US 20150026284A1
  • Filed: 10/10/2014
  • Published: 01/22/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for managing user information in an instant messaging (“

  • IM”

    ) system, comprising;

    a computer comprising a processor; and

    instructions which are executable, using the processor, to perform functions comprising;

    determining, for an IM client that is operably connected to the IM system, whether any of a plurality of users remembered for the IM client should be treated as expired due to absence of communication with the IM client; and

    performing a presence detection function of the IM system to determine current presence status on behalf of the IM client, comprising;

    for each one of the plurality of users for whom the determining determines that the user is to be treated as expired, omitting this user as a remembered user when the presence detection function determines the current presence status, but not deleting this user from the plurality of users remembered for the IM client; and

    including all others of the plurality of users as remembered users when the presence detection function determines the current presence status.

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