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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsBethany Lyn Kessen, Craig M. Lawton, Jonathan Andrew Lewis, Martin Thomas Moore, Jesse B. Overby, III, Christopher Andrew Peters, Lorin Evan Ullmann
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A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for sending a user's availability information to an instant messaging (IM) partner. A user predefines areas of the user's display and associates these predefined areas, or “hotspots”, with user defined messages. If the user is not available to immediately respond to an incoming message, the user may move the IM dialog window to a “hotspot” in the display. Depending upon the user-defined message associated with the “hotspot”, the IM application generates an automated response indicating the user's availability to respond to the message, and sends the message to the IM partner. The user also may predefine and associate the user's IM status with a “hotspot”. Moving an IM dialog window into a “hotspot” automatically changes the user's status based on the associated “hotspot”. This change is communicated to only the particular IM dialog window partner while other IM partners are unaffected.
A method in an instant messaging system for allowing a user to provide an automated response of a user's availability to respond to an instant message, comprising:
An instant messaging system for allowing a user to provide an automated response of a user's availability to respond to an instant message, comprising:
A computer program product in a computer readable medium for allowing a user to provide an automated response of a user's availability to respond to an instant message, comprising:
A method in an instant messaging system for allowing a user to provide an automated response of a user's availability to respond to an instant message, comprising:
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