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AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsJonathan Cadiz, Amritansh Raghav, Sira Rao, Venky Setty, Eran Shtiegman
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A method and system for providing notifications of changes in the presence state of contacts is provided. A notification system allows a user to specify those contacts of interest for whom the user wants to be notified when the contact enters a certain presence state. When presence information is received about a contact, the notification system determines whether the contact is a contact of interest as specified by the user. If so, then the notification system determines whether the presence information indicates a change in presence state that is of interest to the user. If the contact and the change in presence state are of interest to the user, the notification system notifies the user.
A computer-based method for providing presence information of contacts, the method comprising:
A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system to provide presence information of contacts, by a method comprising:
A system for notifying a user when a contact becomes available to communicate, comprising:
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