Abstract: A system for providing information relating to a user activity focus. The system in a descriptive embodiment, provides the contextual information implicitly, without the need for user intervention. In this preferred embodiment the system first collects data regarding the information in the storage device. The activity focus of the user is also inferred by the system. Then data is retrieved regarding the activity of the user. The system displays relevant data by way of a user interface display. The system monitors the events occurring due to the interaction of the user and the computer system. Thus, the system is able to determine when the user changes activity focus, retrieve data relevant to the new focus and display that relevant data.