CounterPath eyeBeam 1.5 User Guide for Mac - Manual (Page 27)

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The following chart illustrates how the sharing of availability occurs.
Receiving a New Contact Request
Your eyeBeam receives a new contact request when you add a contact to your list (with “Show this contact’s
Availability” checked) or when another person adds you as a contact at their end.
The request is handled in one of two ways:
• If you set up a privacy rule before this person has a chance to contact you, then you will never see this
request. eyeBeam will automatically reply to the request according to the rule. See “Privacy Rules” on
page 27.
• If you do not yet have a privacy rule set up for this person, this request appears to you as a New Contact
Request.
Joseph Kokila
Joseph adds Kokila to his contact
list with “Show this contact’s
Availability” checked
Joseph’s eyeBeam sends a “let me see you”
notification request to Kokila
Kokila receives a notification
request and responds by clicking
“Allow and add”
Now that Joseph is in Kokila’s contact list, Kokila’s
eyeBeam sends “Let me see you” notification request to Joseph
Joseph receives a notification
request and responds
“Allow”
Response sent
Availability icon is added
for Kokila, colored gray
“Allow” response sent
Joseph’s availability icon
turns green
Privacy rule is created for
Joseph with “allow” and “show”
Joseph is added to Kokila’s
contact list
Availability icon is added
for Joseph, colored gray
Kokila’s availability icon
turns green