Distributing Presence information
I was granted a patent as the sole inventor, that defined a method for updating your communications presence status (i.e. Skype or Microsoft Teams) based upon the contents of your calendar at that moment.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US8473545B2/en
https://patents.google.com/patent/US8473545B2/en
A method of distributing availability information from a first user terminal to at least one further user terminal connected via a communication network, comprising: executing a communication client at the first user terminal; the communication client accessing schedule data stored on a storage means relating to a user of the first user terminal; the communication client analysing the schedule data to determine a current status of the user; mapping the current status of the user to a selected one of a group of predefined availability settings at the communication client; and transmitting a message comprising the selected availability setting over the communication network to the at least one further user terminal.