User interface with recipient status indication

A system for providing a user interface with recipient status information, comprising:

• a processor;
• a user interface module operable to execute on the processor, and further operable to detect an instant message being initiated by a first user's device to a second user's device;
• an analyzer module operable to execute on the processor, and further operable to gather information associated with a second user associated with the second user's device and analyze the gathered information;
• a forecast module operable to execute on the processor, and further operable to predict a state of the second user based on the analyzing, the state of the second user comprising one or more non-activity-level characteristics associated with the second user's device;
• and
• an action module operable to execute on the processor, and further to determine a notification action based on the predicted state of the second user, the notification action for notifying a first user associated with the first user's device of the second user's state,
• the user interface module further operable to present a notification comprising one or more of graphical, textual, auditory, or tactile indications or combinations thereof to the first user's device.