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US 7,584,258 B2Granted
Method and system for managing instant messaging status
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorMark Edmund Maresh
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Abstract
A system for managing instant messaging status. An occurrence of an event for a user in a calendar application is detected. A status of the user for an instant messaging system is controlled during the occurrence of the event in response to detecting the occurrence of the event.
Claims20
A computer implemented method for managing an instant messaging status, the computer implemented method comprising:
- responsive to a computer processor detecting an occurrence of a scheduled event for a user in calendar application, during the occurrence the detected scheduled event,
- dynamically linking the calendar application with a instant messaging application;
- and
- allowing the linked calendar application to control a status of the user instead of the linked instant messaging application, wherein the linked calendar application allows the user to control how many interruptions the user is willing to accept during the occurrence of the detected scheduled event.
1 more element
A data processing system comprising:
- a bus system;
- a storage device connected to the bus system, wherein the storage device includes a set of instructions;
- and
- a processing unit connected to the bus system, wherein the processing unit executes the set of instructions responsive to detecting an occurrence of a scheduled event for a user in calendar application, during the occurrence the detected scheduled event, dynamically linking the calendar application with a instant messaging application;
- and allowing the linked calendar application to control a status of the user instead of the linked instant messaging application, wherein the linked calendar application allows the user to control how many interruptions the user is willing to accept during the occurrence of the detected scheduled event.
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- computer-usable storage medium having computer usable program code tangibly embodied therein for managing an instant messaging status, the computer usable program code comprising:
- computer usable program code configured to detect an occurrence of a scheduled event for a user in calendar application, during the occurrence the detected scheduled event, dynamically link the calendar application with a instant messaging application and allow the linked calendar application to control a status of the user instead of the linked instant messaging application, wherein the linked calendar application allows the user to control how many interruptions the user is willing to accept during the occurrence of the detected scheduled event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.