Patent ID: 8468265

Claim:
A method to assist a user in maintaining focus comprising: receiving, at an information management system, one or more of inbound information and inbound communications from one or more information sources; determining a user's presence; determining one or more tasks currently being performed by the user; after receipt of the one or more of inbound information and inbound communications, determining a user's focus based on the one or more tasks currently being performed; and determining, by at least one CPU, a routing decision for the one or more of inbound information and inbound communications, wherein the routing decision is based on the determined focus and one or more of rules, policies, and exceptions, wherein the one or more of inbound information and inbound communications related to the user's determined focus are forwarded to the user, and wherein the one or more of inbound information and inbound communications not related to the user's determined focus are filtered unless subject to an exception.