CounterPath Bria Professional 2.4 User Guide - Manual (Page 47)

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Sharing Availability
Watching Others’ Availability
When you create a contact by entering details in the Contact Profile, the contact is automatically set up so that
you share availability. If you created a contact by importing a contact list, it is not automatically set up to
shared. You must display the Contact Profile and click the Advanced button. See “Contact Profile — Advanced
Dialog” on page 37.
As soon as the person is set up in this way in your Contacts, Bria Professional sends them a notification request.
The request asks that you be able to see that person’s availability. If the person allows this request, then the icon
beside their name (in your Contacts) becomes color coded, so you can determine their availability.
Allowing Other Parties to See your Availability (Publishing your Availability)
Continuing from above, when the other person allows the notification request, your name is added to their
contact list. As soon as you are added to their list, a request is sent back to you requesting that they be able to
see you. You can reply to this request to complete the sharing loop.
The following chart illustrates how the sharing of availability occurs.
Receiving a Presence Request
Your Bria Professional receives a new contact request when you add a contact to your list or when another
person adds you as a contact at their end.
The request is handled in one of two ways:
• If you set up a privacy rule before this person has a chance to contact you, then you will never see this
request. Bria Professional will automatically reply to the request according to the rule. See “Preferences –
Privacy” on page 54.