Setting, visualizing and predicting an availability status of an individual for a messaging application

1. A computer-implemented method for determining and providing an availability status of an individual in a messaging application, the method comprising:

obtaining historical usage data for the individual for the messaging application;

obtaining location data, activity data and calendar data for the individual;

calculating, by a processor, a current availability status for the individual based on the historical usage data, the location data, the activity data and the calendar data;

calculating, by the processor, a predicted future availability status for the individual based one or more of on the historical usage data, the location data, the activity data and the calendar data; and

providing the current availability status and the predicted future availability status to other users of the messaging application, wherein the predicted future availability status includes predicted future availability status scores for each hour remaining in a current day and wherein the predicted future availability status scores are numerical values that are greater than or equal to a minimum number and less than or equal to a maximum number and wherein the predicted future availability status scores consists of one decimal place.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predicted future availability status of the individual is provided using a graphical user interface that includes color indicators for each hour remaining in the current day where a pigment of the color indicators is determined based on the predicted future availability status scores.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the current availability status includes a current availability status score.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the current availability status score is a numerical value that that is greater than or equal to a minimum number and less than or equal to a maximum number and wherein the current availability status score consists of one decimal place.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the current availability status of the individual is provided using a graphical user interface that includes a color indicator that has a pigment determined based on the current availability status score.

6. A computer program product for determining and providing an availability status of an individual in a messaging application, the computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising:

obtaining historical usage data for the individual for the messaging application;

obtaining location data, activity data and calendar data for the individual;

calculating a current availability status for the individual based on the historical usage data, the location data, the activity data and the calendar data;

calculating a predicted future availability status for the individual based on one or more of the historical usage data, the location data, the activity data and the calendar data; and

providing the current availability status and the predicted future availability status to other users of the messaging application, wherein the predicted future availability status includes predicted future availability status scores for each hour remaining in a current day and wherein the predicted future availability status scores are numerical values that are greater than or equal to a minimum number and less than or equal to a maximum number and wherein the predicted future availability status scores consists of one decimal place.

7. The computer program product of claim 6 , wherein the predicted future availability status of the individual is provided using a graphical user interface that includes color indicators for each hour remaining in the current day where a pigment of the color indicators is determined based on the predicted future availability status scores.

8. The computer program product of claim 6 , wherein the current availability status includes a current availability status score.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the current availability status score is a numerical value that is greater than or equal to a minimum number and less than or equal to a maximum number and wherein the current availability status score consists of one decimal place.

10. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the current availability status of the individual is provided using a graphical user interface that includes a color indicator that has a pigment determined based on the current availability status score.

11. A processing system for determining and providing an availability status of an individual in a messaging application includes a processor configured to control a content displayed on a display screen, the processor configured to:

obtain historical usage data for the individual for the messaging application;

obtain location data, activity data and calendar data for the individual;

calculate a current availability status for the individual based on the historical usage data, the location data, the activity data and the calendar data;

calculate a predicted future availability status for the individual based on one or more of the historical usage data, the location data, the activity data and the calendar data; and

providing the current availability status and the predicted future availability status to other users of the messaging application, wherein the predicted future availability status includes predicted future availability status scores for each hour remaining in a current day and wherein the predicted future availability status scores are numerical values that are greater than or equal to a minimum number and less than or equal to a maximum number and wherein the predicted future availability status scores consists of one decimal place.

12. The processing system of claim 11 , wherein the predicted future availability status of the individual is provided using a graphical user interface that includes color indicators for each hour remaining in the current day where a pigment of the color indicators is determined based on the predicted future availability status scores.

13. The processing system of claim 11 , wherein the current availability status includes a current availability status score.

14. The processing system of claim 13 , wherein the current availability status score is a numerical value that is greater than or equal to a minimum number and less than or equal to a maximum number and wherein the current availability status score consists of one decimal place.