Patent ID: 8645840

Claim:
A method, comprising: detecting two or more users sharing a first user device, and, wherein, detecting two or more users sharing a user device comprises: detecting that one of the users sharing the first user device is simultaneously using a second user device; transferring a communication presence associated with the user simultaneously using the second user device from the second user device to the first user device; and in response to detecting the two or more users sharing the first user device, altering a property of a user interface of the first user device to accommodate a simultaneous use of the first user device by the detected two or more users, wherein altering a property of the user interface comprises altering a display of data via the user interface, wherein altering a display of data via the user interface comprises presenting at least some data specific to a first user according to the first user's display preferences and presenting at least some data specific to a second user according to the second user's display preferences, and, wherein altering a display of data via the user interface comprises: retrieving a first set of data associated with the first user; retrieving a second set of data associated with the second user; merging the first set of data with the second set of data; and presenting the merged data via the user interface.