Configuring presence and notifications in persistent conversations

Abstract

Implementations generally relate to configuring presence and notifications in persistent conversations. In one implementation, a method includes receiving a presence state associated with a user and causing the presence state to be selectively displayed to one or more target users. The method also includes determining that an event has occurred for which a notification is to be sent to the user, and selectively delivering the notification to the user based on the configured presence state.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 receiving a presence state associated with a user;   causing the presence state to be selectively displayed to one or more target users;   determining that an event has occurred for which a notification is to be sent to the user;   selectively delivering the notification to the user based on the configured presence state;   configuring a reachable presence state to be associated with a first set of one or more target users;   configuring an unreachable presence state to be associated with a second set of one or more target users; and   updating a user interface to indicate the configured presence state.