Screen saver displaying identity content

摘要

A real-time communications system (100) of networked communications devices (102,104,106,108), method and program product for operating such a system. A screensaver resides on at least one of the communications devices (102), that selectively displays status information on a corresponding identified user. Presence and availability information about the particular system user is stored on a central storage (110) and provided to the screensaver for display. Information on the screensaver apprises viewers of current user presence and availability status.