Re: [Simple] Status summary

AT&T's IM Anywhere provides:

     OPEN with hints:
	Available
	Away
	Be right back
	Do not disturb
	On the phone
	you can also create your own custom messages

     CLOSED
	Offline (invisible, lurking)

Any of the states (including Offline) can be chosen at any time.

	Tony Hansen
	[email protected]

Ben Campbell wrote:

> I cannot speak for the other systems, but Yahoo Messenger allows you to 
> select open or closed when you create a user configurable message. Also, 
> you can  become invisible (i.e. lurk) at any time, not just at login.
> 
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: [email protected]
>     [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Avshalom Houri
>     Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 9:58 AM
>     To: [email protected]
>     Subject: [Simple] Status summary
> 
> 
>     In the SIMPLE components adhoc meeting at IETF53, I have volunteered to
>     summarize the various statuses used in various systems. The summary
>     is below.
> 
>     While going over the various statuses it occurred to me that we need
>     a more
>     precise definition of what we mean when we say status. The various
>     status values
>     in the various systems can be divided into:
> 
>     * Mood - Happy, Sad etc.
> 
>     * Hint - I am on the phone therefore I will probably not be able to
>     respond
>       immediately. The way that the my client will display the message
>     to me e.g.
>       in Away mode some clients will display the message in a different
>     way from
>       the way they do in normal online mode.
> 
>     * Availability - Am I open or close to communication. The
>     availability can be
>       simple just open or close or quite complex - I am open to
>     communication
>       depending on who is calling and in which location am I.
> 
>     While moods and hints can be localized to vendors and clients, it
>     seems that
>     availability is the part of the status that mostly needs
>     standardization.
> 
>     The summary:
>     ===========
> 
>     # AOL - No explicit status - only idle indication by sensing mouse
>     and keyboard activity.
> 
>     # MSN - Open and close statuses + hints
>             * Online (OPEN)
>             * Busy (CLOSED)
>             * Be Right Back (OPEN)
>             * Away (OPEN)
>             * On the Phone (CLOSED)
>             * Out to Lunch (OPEN)
>             * Appear Offline (Lurking, CLOSED)
> 
>     # YAHOO - Open and close + hints for open.
>             * Offline (CLOSED)
>             * Available (OPEN)        
>             * Busy with various messages (configurable) e.g. Be Right
>     Back, Busy
>               etc. (OPEN)        
>             * Invisible (Lurking can be done only in login time)
> 
>     # ICQ - Open and close statuses. Open statuses are accompanied by
>     hints. For
>       example if I am in DND, I will still get messages but the messages
>     will not be
>       displayed on my screen.
>             Simple Mode
>                     * Available
>                     * Away (OPEN, Messages are shown on the screen)
>                     * Offline
>             Advanced Mode
>                     * Available
>                     * Free for chat
>                     * Away
>                     * N/A (Extended Away)
>                     * Occupied (Urgent messages)
>                     * DND (Do Not Disturb)
>                     * Privacy (Invisible) - Lurking
>                     * Offline
> 
>     # Louts Sametime - Open and close + strong DND. Strong DND means
>     that I am not
>       able to send a message to a person that is in DND mode
>             * Active (OPEN)
>             * DND (Online but closed)
>             * Away (OPEN, an hint)
> 
>     # Wireless Village - As defined by the spec status is composed from
>     several
>       attributes as: availability, preferred contacts etc. Following is
>     a complete
>       list.  
>             * User availability
>                     - AVAILABLE
>                     - NOT_AVAILABLE
>                     - DISCREET (selectively available. Likd DND or busy
>     in other systems)
>                    
>             * Preferred Contacts (preferred contact method of the user +
>     address of
>               contact)
>                     - CALL
>                     - SMS
>                     - MMS (Multi Media SMS)
>                     - IM
>                     - EMAIL
>             * Preferred Language
>             * Status Text (free text describing the status)
>             * Status Mood (e.g. HAPPY, SAD, etc.)
>             * Alias (alias name for the user)
>             * Status Content - MMS content or URL to the MMS content
>     that the user
>               has selected as personal status information.
>             * Contact Info - Contact information (vCard)
> 
>     # PAM Forum - As described in a previous message Jorge Lobo"
>       <[email protected]>. PAM forum has separate layers of presence
>     information and
>       availability. Availability can be computed by a very simple
>     methods or by very
>       complex conditions as if the message is from X try to get me on
>     any available
>       device that I am on if not, leave a message on my desktop.
> 
>     Avshalom Houri
>     Presence and Instant Messaging Architect
>     Lotus Sametime, IBM Software Group
>     [email protected]
> 




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