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AssigneePaltalk Holdings, Inc.
InventorShankar Sahai
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A system, method, and computer program product are provided for conveying availability information of a calling party to a called party. A PBX serving the telephones of the calling and called parties is connected to a presence server. In an embodiment of the invention, the presence server is also connected to a computer and/or other information device (such as a personal data assistant or telephone) of the calling party. After the calling party has left a voice mail message for the called party, the called party will subsequently retrieve the message. In an embodiment of the invention, the PBX then queries the presence server as to the availability of the calling party. The presence server senses whether the calling party has indicated his or her presence; if so, it is inferred that the calling party is probably present and available for a return call. If the presence server detects no such indication by the calling party, it is inferred that the calling party is likely to be absent. The presence server responds to the query of the PBX by indicating the calling party's likely availability (or absence) to the PBX. Based on this information, the PBX modifies the voice mail message to include a statement that the calling party is either available or unavailable.
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A system for providing presence information of a first party to a second party, said system comprising:
A messaging system, comprising:
A method of providing availability information of a first party to a second party, the availability information indicating whether (i) the first party is currently present at a first device and (ii) the first device is available, the method comprising the following steps:
A method for conveying presence information, the presence information indicating that a first party is currently present at a first device of or associated with the first party, the method comprising:
A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied in the medium for causing an application program to execute on a computer that provides availability information of a first party to a second party through a message, the computer readable program code comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.