System and method for updating presence information in instant messaging applications on a mobile device
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsShaul Serge Wisebourt, Gerhard Dietrich Klassen
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Abstract
A system and method for controlling the presence status on a mobile device is provided. The method comprises determining an active notification profile for said mobile device, said active notification profile defining how said mobile device notifies of new events; determining a corresponding presence status for said active notification profile; and setting said corresponding presence status as a current presence status.
Claims27
A method of controlling presence status on a mobile device, said method comprising:
- determining an active one of a plurality of notification profiles for said mobile device, said notification profiles defining how said mobile device notifies of new events;
- determining a corresponding one of a plurality of instant messaging presence statuses said active one of said notification profiles;
- and setting said one of said plurality of instant messaging corresponding presence statuses as a current instant messaging presence status.
A mobile device comprising a display, a processor, one or more input mechanisms and a memory comprising computer executable instructions for controlling presence status on a mobile device, said computer executable instructions comprising instructions for:
- determining an active one of a plurality of notification profiles for said mobile device, said notification profiles defining how said mobile device notifies of new events;
- determining a corresponding one of a plurality of instant messaging presence statuses that is associated with said active one of said notification profiles;
- and setting said corresponding one of said plurality of instant messaging presence statuses as a current instant messaging presence status.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions for controlling presence status on a mobile device, said computer executable instructions comprising instructions for:
- determining an active one of a plurality of notification profiles for said mobile device, said notification profiles defining how said mobile device notifies of new events;
- determining a corresponding one of a plurality instant messaging presence statuses that is associated with said active one of said notification profiles;
- and setting said corresponding one of said plurality of instant messaging presence status as a current instant messaging presence status.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.