Patent ID: 8509220
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A system for displaying a telephone contact's availability, comprising: a voice over internet protocol (IP) phone having a display screen; a web server in communication with the IP phone and with an application server having a central data repository for a contact and calendar application; a web service calendar module operable on the web server and configured to extract contact and calendar information from the central data repository for the telephone contact, said calendar information comprising at least one of the telephone contact available time and busy time; a web application module operable on the web server and configured to format the contact and calendar information for display on the IP phone display screen to enable a user to determine the telephone contact's availability based on the contact's calendar information; wherein the application server is coupled to a computing device to enable the telephone contact to enter his or her calendar information using the computing device.