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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
May. 15, 2013
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Debanjan Biswas, Bangalore, IN;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes determining when a first party has initiated contact with a second party, wherein the first party initiates contact with the second party on a communications link. The method also includes identifying identification information of the second party, and updating a presence status indication of the first party to indicate that the first party has initiated contact with the second party. The presence status indication includes information associated with the second party. The presence status indication is provided to a first application arranged to monitor the presence status of the first party. Finally, the method includes presenting the presence status indication of the first party with respect to the first application.