MEETING-SPECIFIC STATE INDICATORS

The invention relates to meeting-specific state indicators. A state client is configured to allow a user to specify a meeting-specific state, such as that the user is running late for a meeting, checked in to the meeting, or unable to attend the meeting. A state service stores data identifying the user's meeting-specific state. The state service also responds to requests for the state of the user. In one implementation, when such a request is received, the state service determines whether the user is an invitee to the same meeting as the user requesting the state. If not, the state service returns a general-purpose state indicator for the user. If both users are invitees to the same meeting, the state service returns the meeting-specific state indicator, which may then be displayed by a state client. 本发明涉及会议专用的状态指示符。种状态客户端被配置为允许用户指定会议专用状态，比如该用户将要迟到会议、已经向会议签到或者不能出席会议。状态服务存储标识用户的会议专用状态的数据。状态服务还对针对用户状态的请求作出响应。在个实施例中，当接收到这样的请求时，状态服务确定：该用户与请求状态的用户是否为同会议的受邀者。如果不是，则状态服务返回用户的通用状态指示符。如果两个用户都是同会议的受邀者，则状态服务返回会议专用状态指示符，该