Patent ID: 9002959
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: obtaining, by a computing device, a web post describing content of an originating user published over a network; obtaining, by the computing device, presence data describing an online presence of the originating user, wherein a source of the presence data describing the online presence of the originating user comprises a presence service and a source of the web post describing the content comprises another service different than the presence service; identifying, based at least in part on the web post, one or more other users included in a list of contacts of a recipient of the web post; obtaining presence data describing an online presence of the determined one or more other users included in the list of contacts of the recipient of the web post; and concurrently outputting, by the computing device to the recipient, the web post with the presence data of the originating user to indicate whether the originating user and the one or more other users are available to communicate with the recipient and to identify two or more techniques to electronically communicate, based in part on the presence data or the online presence, with at least one of the originating user or the one or more other users.