Determining the availability of participants on an electronic call

A computer program product residing on a computer readable storage medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• receiving status information associated with a first user participating in a unified telephony call, the status information indicative of an availability of the first user;
• determining an availability status for the first user based on, at least in part, the status information;
• and
• providing a status indicator associated with the first user to at least a second user participating in the unified telephony call based on the availability status for the first user.

A computing system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• at least one memory architecture coupled with the at least one processor;
• a first software module executable by the at least one processor and the at least one memory architecture, wherein the first software module is configured to receive status information associated with a first user participating in a unified telephony call, the status information indicative of an availability of the first user;
• a second software module executable by the at least one processor and the at least one memory architecture, wherein the second software module is configured to determine an availability status for the first user based on, at least in part, the status information;
• and
• a third software module executable by the at least one processor and the at least one memory architecture, wherein the third software module is configured to provide a status indicator associated with the first user to at least a second user participating in the unified telephony call based on the availability status for the first user.