Patent ID: 9300493
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for presenting presence information, the method comprising: in response to a request from a first user for presence information associated with a second user, analyzing (a) information from a monitoring sensor that is monitoring a physical environment external to a mobile device of the second user, and (b) a user indication of availability from the second user to determine that the second user is available for communication with the first user using a first communication method supported by the mobile device and is unavailable for communication with the first user using a second communication method supported by the mobile device, the information from the monitoring sensor identifying an external environmental factor that affects a user's availability to communicate using at least one of the first communication method and the second communication method; and sending a message to the first user indicating that the second user is available for communication using the first communication method and is unavailable for communication using the second communication method.