I've already done something similar for skype, but i didn't need to use the plugin that you are talking about. The following link
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A//www.skypelearningzone.co.uk/files/skypeweb_technical_whitepaper.doc&ei=AsoWRNWvC7uIiAKvoZiTDQ&sig2=XndO4fcMmb4nqAzUvneCWQ is the skype web technical whitepaper [doc], which shows you how to formulate a URI to get the status as text, number, XML, or a PNG image in different languages and encodings.
