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Intelligently enabled menu choices based on online presence state in address book

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Assignee: APPELMAN BARRYPriority: May 4, 2000Filed: Sep 14, 2012Published: Mar 14, 2013
Est. expiryMay 4, 2020(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
H04M 1/2477G06F 3/0482
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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.

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1 . A computer implemented method for intelligently enabling menu choices, the method comprising:
 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 for the selected contact;   enabling one or more menu options based upon the determined online presence state, with menu options enabled for a first online presence differing from menu options enabled for a second online presence state; and   presenting the enable menu options to a user in a a user interface.   
     
     
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