Patent ID: 7996514

Claim:
A computer system for facilitating interaction between a first participating device having a computer processor and storage and the first participating device's immediate environment, the system comprising: a detection module on the first participating device having the computer processor, the storage and the first user interface for automatically detecting proximity of a second participating device having a second user interface within the first participating device's immediate environment and utilizing such proximity detection to generate a dynamically updated list of detected nearby devices within the first participating device's immediate environment, wherein proximity of the second participating device within the first participating device's immediate environment is close in physical space, and wherein the list of detected nearby devices includes a record of the first and second participating devices detected by the detection module to be close in physical space that are able to communicate with one another, and their respective physical locations within the proximity of one another; and a user-configurable authorization module on the first participating device authorizing the first participating device interacting with the list of the detected nearby devices to adjust the user interface of a first of the listed devices on the list of detected nearby devices in a predetermined manner to display contents of the user interface of a second of the listed devices on the list of detected nearby devices in response to the detection of the proximity of the second participating device within the first participating device's immediate environment, wherein the user-configurable authorization module comprises an arbitration module for resolving disputes between devices having an identical authorization status.