The combination of real-time message delivery and presence awareness has to lead the
rapid rise in popularity of instant messaging (IM) in recent years. The extension of IM to …

Various instant messaging and presence (IMP) sys-tems have gained much popularity in
recent years. However, existing systems are typically designed to the current computing …

Instant messaging (IM) has become a runaway success among consumers, and businesses
are embracing it as an adjunct to email. But the technology is still plagued with problems. In …

The popularity of instant messaging highlights the power that the addition of presence
information can bring to communications. Instant messaging systems combine multi-party …

We have developed a technique for providing an instant messaging and presence (IMP)
middleware that allows IMP protocol implementations to be dynamically loaded as a client …

An instant messaging and presence service (IMPS) supports a community of users to
exchange messages in real time and share their online status. This service is a linkage to …

The advances of new technologies and the convergence of different communication media
are constantly changing not only our means and modes of communication with other people …

Internet-enabled handheld devices are beginning to implement presence infrastructures
along with messaging capabilities, thus giving them full IM functionality. Several wireless …

Instant messaging, coupled with presence and availability management services, is
emerging as a killer application in both wireless and wireline networks. This has led to the …