Computer program, method, and system for sharing information about a time availability of a telephone user

A method for sharing information about a time availability of a user, including the steps of:

• receiving information indicative of a status of the user, wherein the status represents an availability of the user to accept telephone calls on a first computing device;
• receiving, via a second computing device, information indicative of a caller preparing to make a telephone call to the user's first computing device, wherein the information indicative of the caller preparing to make the telephone call includes one or more of the following—
• the caller displaying a telephone number of the user on the second computing device,
• the caller dialing the telephone number of the user with the second computing device;
• and
• upon receiving information indicative of the caller preparing to make a telephone call to the user, providing a notice indicative of the user's status to the second computing device of the caller, wherein the notice includes one or more of the following—
• a graphic representation of the user's status,
• a textual representation of the user's status, and
• an audio representation of the user's status.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon for sharing information about a time availability of a user, wherein the program instructs the processor to perform the following steps:

• receive information indicative of a status of the user, wherein the status represents an availability of the user to accept telephone calls on a first computing device;
• receive, via a second computing device, information indicative of a caller preparing to make a telephone call to the user's first computing device, wherein the information indicative of the caller preparing to make the telephone call includes one or more of the following—
• the caller displaying a telephone number of the user on the second computing device,
• the caller dialing the telephone number of the user with the second computing device;
• and
• upon receiving information indicative of the caller preparing to make a telephone call to the user, provide a notice indicative of the user's status to the second computing device of the caller, wherein the notice includes one or more of the following—
• a graphic representation of the user's status,
• a textual representation of the user's status, and
• an audio representation of the user's status;
• and
• receive information indicative of the user selecting a visibility condition, wherein the visibility condition is selected from at least one of the following—
• a public visibility condition,
• a semi-public visibility condition, and
• a private visibility condition,
• wherein, if the public visibility condition is selected, the processor is operable to provide the notice indicative of the user's status to all callers,
• wherein, if the semi-public visibility condition is selected, the processor is operable to provide the notice indicative of the user's status only to callers included on a contact list of the user's first computing device,
• wherein, if the private visibility condition is selected, the processor is operable to provide the notice indicative of the user's status only to callers included on a list of private callers of the user's first computing device.