A method and
system utilizes presence information for a plurality of
presence service clients is disclosed. In one aspect, the method and
system include determining the presence information for the
presence service clients, individually tailoring the presence information for presentation to each of a portion of the
presence service clients, and presenting the tailored presence information to the portion of the presence service clients. In another aspect, the method and
system include associating a component or a
data entity of a device with presence information such that the component or the
data entity corresponds to a first of the presence service clients. In this aspect, the method and system also include providing a presentity for the first presence service
client. A second of the presence service clients corresponds to a user. Each presentity communicates with a presence service on behalf of the first and second presence service clients.