Patent ID: 8863009

Claim:
A method for integrating a plurality of social network status updates with contact data at a communication device, said communication device comprising a processing unit interconnected with an input device, a display device, and a communication interface, said method comprising: controlling, via said processing unit, said display device to provide a representation of said contact data in a field of an e-mail application; and in response to determining that said field has been selected, controlling, via said processing unit, said display device to provide a representation of an aggregation of said plurality of social network status updates in a tooltip associated with said representation of said contact data, said plurality of social network status updates associated with said contact data, wherein said plurality of social network status updates is received from one or more presence services originating said plurality of social network status updates via a server, and said representation of said plurality of social network status updates comprises an identification of said one or more presence services; wherein said identification of said one or more presence services comprises one or more of one or more textual indicators and one or more icons representative of said one or more presence services.