主权项 |
1. A method comprising:
receiving a signal, the signal indicating that an availability status of a contacted party is set as not available at a connection device; responsive to receiving the signal, generating an automatic connection request to connect to the contacted party; storing the automatic connection request in memory; receiving a second signal, the second signal indicating that the availability status of the contacted party has changed from not available to available; in response to receipt of the second signal indicating the changed availability status:
determining whether the automatic connection request is pending,determining an availability status of a contacting party, andif the automatic connection request is pending and if the availability status of the contacting party is set as available, automatically connecting the contacting party to the contacted party, the automatically connecting comprising:
immediately establishing a connection between the connection device and a second connection device of the contacting party, andafter establishing the connection, notifying the contacting party and the contacted party that the connection is available, wherein, for each of the contacting party and the contacted party, the respective availability status is set as:
available when the respective connection device of the respective party is not engaged in another connection at the time of the changed availability status, andnot available when respective connection device of the respective party is engaged in another connection at the time of the changed availability status. |