Suggesting Communication Options Using Personal Digital Assistants

摘要

A technique is described herein for assisting a first user in communicating with a second user. The first user is associated with a first personal digital assistant (PDA1) component, while the second user is associated with a second personal digital assistant (PDA2) component. When the first user attempts to communicate with the second user, the PDA2 component cooperates with the PDA1 component to provide at least one PDA2-suggested communication option to the PDA1 component. The PDA1 component may provide the PDA2-suggested communication option(s) to the first user via a contact card associated with the second user. A registration system plays a role in establishing the interaction between the PDA1 component and the PDA2 component when status information pertaining to the second user is sufficiently fresh; otherwise, the registration service can provide one or more default registration-service-specified communication options to the first user.