CounterPath Bria 2.0 User Guide - Manual (Page 36)

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4.3 Availability
Availability refers to the ability to see whether a person is available or not: online, on phone, busy, and so on.
Your availability information is displayed below on the main menu. The availability of others is displayed in the
Contacts tab.
You can publish your availability to contacts who have softphone addresss, and you can set up Bria to view the
availability of other contacts.
Sharing Availability
Watching others’ Availability
To be able to see the availability of another person, either add that person to Contacts with the “Show this
contact’s availability” field checked, or modify the existing contact information so that this field is checked. For
more information, see page 26.
As soon as the person is set up in this way in your Contacts, Bria 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.
Your availability
Availability of other people