Patent Document ID: 9800705
Application ID: 12792652

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method performed by one or more processors, comprising: receiving, from a first device, a remote user status, wherein the remote user status is automatically determined based on an activity of the first device with an online application running on the first device; assigning the received remote user status to a current activity status of the first device to indicate the first device is active with the online application, wherein the current activity status identifies the online application; receiving, from a second device, a request to communicate with the first device; and providing, in response to the request, the first device's current activity status to the second device.

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Claim 3:
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: detecting an attempt at the first device to communicate with a second device; retrieving an activity status associated with the second device; and transmitting the retrieved activity status to the first device.