Method, device, and system for providing indicia on a display

A communication system comprising:

• a first terminal device;
• and
• a first server communicatively connected to the first terminal device;
• and
• the first terminal device displaying an icon having at least one of expander indicia, notification indicia and presence state indicia illustrated thereon on a display of the first terminal device;
• the first terminal device running a first application associated with the icon and illustrating the icon on a foreground of the display of the first terminal device such that the icon is on the foreground of the display of the first terminal device;
• the first terminal device displaying a window on the display associated with at least one second application unrelated to the first application that is being run by the first terminal device while the second application is actively in use such that input is being provided to the first terminal device via the window, the window being displayed by the first terminal device such that the icon is within the foreground of the display of the first terminal device;
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• the first terminal device receiving presence state data from the first server and updating the presence state indicia of the icon in response to the received presence state data, the presence state data comprising information identifying at least one of a location of a user associated with the first terminal device and an activity of the user.