Patent ID: 8280962

Claim:
A method for displaying communication events at a communication device, the method comprising: communicating with a plurality of communication servers; collecting, from a first of the plurality of communication servers, a first present communication event that is currently taking place, and a future communication event that has been scheduled to take place; collecting, from a second of the plurality of communication servers, a past communication event that has already taken place, and a second present communication event that is currently taking place, where a communication device performs the collecting; combining the first present communication event, and the future communication event, from the first of the plurality of communication servers, and the past communication event and the second present communication event, from the second of the plurality of communication servers, into a communication events list, where the communication device performs the combining; displaying the communication events list, such that the past communication event, the first present communication event, the second present communication event, and the future communication event are viewed simultaneously, where the communication events list is displayed on the communication device, wherein the communication events list comprises a first link for the first present communication event configured to initiate a voice over internet protocol call and a second link for the second present communication event configured to allow a user to join a meeting, wherein communication events in the communication events list are associated graphically, where a conversation that began from a first communication service is shown as a past communication event and is indicated in the display device as being continued into a collaboration session from a second communication service currently active as a present communication event; receiving a new communication event after the communication events list has been displayed; and updating the communication events list with the new communication event.