Patent ID: 8103722

Claim:
An endpoint status notification system for use in a telecommunications network, the system comprising: an address book comprising a plurality of network user's names and their associated endpoints; a personal list of contacts comprising the users selected from the address book by one of the users; an instant message alert received by said one user upon every occurrence of a reportable event for the contacts on the list, the alert comprising one of a plurality of viewable informational status messages pertaining to the contact and delivered to said one user unbeknownst to the contact, the reportable event being selected by said one user for each of the contacts on the list, whereby the reportable events received by said one user may differ for each of the contacts on the personal list; and a viewable call-control option received by said one user simultaneous with the instant message alert and selection of said option causes a telecommunication function related to the reportable event and pertaining to the contact to immediately occur.