Managing a communication availability status
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJames P. Galvin, Andrew L. Schirmer, Amy D. Travis
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Abstract
In response to a first user becoming active on a communication device, a first availability status can be automatically established as a current availability of the first user. A first time period can be automatically identified. During the first time period, the first availability status can be maintained as the current availability of the first user to at least a second user. In response to the first time period elapsing, a second availability status can be automatically established as the current availability of the first user to the second user.
Claims20
A method of managing a communication status, the method comprising:
- in response to a first user becoming active on a communication device:
- via the communication device, automatically establishing a first availability status as a current availability of the first user, wherein the first availability status corresponds to user preferences of the first user;
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- via the communication device, automatically identifying a first time period during which the first availability status is to be maintained as the current availability of the first user to at least a second user;
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- in response to the first time period elapsing, via the communication device, automatically establishing a second availability status as the current availability of the first user to the second user, wherein the second availability status corresponds to the user preferences of the first user.
A method of managing a communication status, the method comprising:
- via a communication device, establishing a first availability status as a current availability of a first user, wherein the first availability status corresponds to user preferences of the first user;
- via the communication device, identifying a first time period during which the first availability status is to be maintained as the current availability of the first user to at least a second user;
- via the communication device, identifying a second time period during which the first availability status is to be maintained as the current availability of the first user to at least a third user;
- responsive to the first time period elapsing, via the communication device, automatically establishing a second availability status as the current availability of the first user to the second user, wherein the second availability status corresponds to the user preferences of the first user;
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- responsive to the second time period elapsing, via the communication device, automatically establishing a second availability status as the current availability of the first user to the third user.
A computer program product comprising:
- a computer storage media comprising computer-usable program code that manages a communication status, the computer storage media comprising:
- computer-usable program code that, in response to a first user becoming active on a communication device:
- automatically establishes a first availability status as a current availability of the first user, wherein the first availability status corresponds to user preferences of the first user;
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- automatically identifies a first time period during which the first availability status is to be maintained as the current availability of the first user to at least a second user;
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- computer-usable program code that, in response to the first time period elapsing, automatically establishes a second availability status as the current availability of the first user to the second user, wherein the second availability status corresponds to the user preferences of the first user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.