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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Barry Appelman, McLean, VA (US);
Roy Ben-yoseph, Ashburn, VA (US);
Brian Heikes, Ashburn, VA (US);
Valerie Kucharewski, San Jose, CA (US);
Barry Appelman, McLean, VA (US);
Roy Ben-Yoseph, Ashburn, VA (US);
Brian Heikes, Ashburn, VA (US);
Valerie Kucharewski, San Jose, CA (US);
FACEBOOK, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented method for intelligently enabling menu choices includes rendering, on a client system, an address book user interface comprising information related to one or more contacts, selecting a contact from the address book user interface, determining an online presence state for the selected contact, enabling one or more menu options based upon the determined online presence state, with the menu options enabled for a first online presence state differing from the menu options enabled for a second online presence state, and presenting the enabled menu options to a user in a user interface.