Messenger - Siemens Gigaset S450 IP User Manual

Messenger

Messenger
The messenger in your handset enables
instant messaging (immediate message
transfer, chatting). The phone supports
the XMPP messenger (Jabber).
Instant messaging refers to communica-
tion between 'friends' on the Internet.
Subscribers exchange short messages
which are forwarded immediately. This
gives rise to a flowing 'conversation' simi-
lar to chatting.
The precondition for this form of commu-
nication is that both subscribers have a
connection to the messenger server of
the same instant messaging provider.
Therefore, both subscribers must be
'online'. The messenger server forwards
the messages to the recipient.
The subscribers to instant messaging are
called buddies.
Most messenger servers allow you to cre-
ate what are known as buddy lists. You
can store the buddies you want to chat to
in the buddy list.
The messenger server informs you as soon
as one of your buddies comes online or
goes offline. Offline means that the
buddy has disconnected from the messen-
ger server.
In addition to this, each buddy can deter-
mine their own (communication) status
(state of presence, see page 50), from
which buddies can tell whether they are in
the mood to chat or wish to remain undis-
turbed.
The Web configurator on your phone gives
you the following options:
u
Go online (page 49).
u
Display the list of your contacts (bud-
dies) on the handset that you previ-
ously created on the PC. This will indi-
cate for each buddy whether they are
available (online) and ready to chat
(state of presence, see page 50).
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u
Exchange messages with your buddies.
Your handset notifies you about new
messages with a flashing message key
f and a beep.
u
Call your buddies directly from your
buddy list (page 54).
Requirements for instant messaging:
u
You have registered with an instant
messaging provider via the Web
browser on your PC and (optionally)
agreed a Web name (nickname).
u
You have created a buddy list via the
messenger client on the PC.
u
You have saved the messenger server
address and your access data for the
messenger server (user ID, password)
in the phone using the Web configura-
tor (page 90). The phone needs the
data to establish a connection with the
messenger server.
Please note:
If your instant messaging provider doesn't sup-
port the phone's messenger client, then you
can open an account with an open Jabber
server and use the Web configurator to enter
its address in your phone. Many of these Jab-
ber servers offer gateways to other messenger
servers (e.g. AOL, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo!).
You can find a list of Jabber servers and an
overview of the gateways to other messenger
servers on the Internet at
http://www.jabber.org.
You can find information on setting up a Jab-
ber account with connections from ICQ, MSN
or Yahoo on the Internet, e.g. at :
http://web.swissjabber.ch