OBi1000 User Guide
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Buddy List
A Buddy List is a contact list with presence information incorporated. The OBi supports Buddy Lists based on the
XMPP standard and currently provides options for Gmail and BroadSoft Buddy Lists. You and your buddies must be
using the same XMPP service (such as Gmail) in order to see each other. Each entry in the buddy list consists of the
following information:
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JID (Jabber ID):
Every user of an XMPP service is identified with a unique User ID called Jabber ID for
historical reason. It is in the form of an email address such as:
bbking@gmail.com
•
Display Name (optional):
The display name of the user, such as:
Benjamin B. King
•
Phone Number (optional):
This may be a public number or an internal extension if the XMPP service is an
internal service deployed within an enterprise for example
•
Status (optional):
An arbitrary text string usually entered by the user to provide further details of their
current state. For example:
On a break, back at 1PM
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Presence, which may take one of the following values:
Icon
Presence
Description
Offline
The user is offline. This is also known as “invisible” in some XMPP clients
Online
The user is online. This is also known as “available” in some XMPP clients
DND
The user is busy and does want to be disturbed. This is also known as
“busy” in some XMPP clients
Away
The user has stepped away from the computer momentarily
Extended Away
This user has stepped away from the computer and may take a while to
return
The Buddy List App can be launched from the Main menu on the Home Screen. The picture below shows an example
of a Buddy List.
Figure 23: A Buddy List filtered by the “All” Group Filter
In addition to showing the buddy list as described above, the user has the option to set their own presence and
status as seen by other users of the same XMPP service. The user sets their presence status by pressing the
“MyPresence” soft key; the default value is
online.
The current Presence setting is shown as an icon displayed in the
title area of the screen.