Setting phone profiles using calendar availability status
OwnerRohit Deepinventor
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Abstract
In one embodiment, availability times of a particular user may be obtained from an online calendar of that particular user, and based on a current time as applied to the availability times, a current availability status may be correspondingly determined. As such, a phone profile of the particular user may be set based on the current availability status and one or more phone profile policies, the phone profile policies defining phone-based parameters to be set according to particular availability statuses.
Claims24
A method, comprising:
- obtaining availability times from an online calendar of a particular user;
- determining a current availability status based on a current time and the availability times;
- and
- setting a phone profile of the particular user based on the current availability status and one or more phone profile policies, the phone profile policies defining phone-based parameters to be set according to particular availability statuses.
A tangible computer-readable media having software encoded thereon, the software when executed operable to:
- obtain availability times from an online calendar of a particular user;
- determine a current availability status based on a current time and the availability times;
- and
- set a phone profile of the particular user based on the current availability status and one or more phone profile policies, the phone profile policies defining phone-based parameters to be set according to particular availability statuses.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a network interface adapted to communicate with a communications network;
- a processor coupled to the network interface and adapted to execute one or more processes;
- and
- a memory configured to store a phone profile process executable by the processor, the phone profile process when executed operable to:
- obtain availability times from an online calendar of a particular user;
- determine a current availability status based on a current time and the availability times;
- and
- set a phone profile of the particular user based on the current availability status and one or more phone profile policies, the phone profile policies defining phone-based parameters to be set according to particular availability statuses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.