29. The method as recited in claim 14 wherein said external device comprises a proximity detection sensor.
14. A method for using an observation platform with an external device, comprising: receiving external device information from an external device at a computer system, wherein said external device is one of a plurality of external devices networked to said computer system; determining, at said computer system, which user communication device of a plurality of user communication devices to send at least a portion of said external device information to, based on deriving context information from said external device information and analyzing said context information in view of a policy implemented in said computer system by a controlling enterprise; generating, at said computer system, a message for said user communication device based at least in part on said portion of said external device information; and relaying said message to said user communication device such that said message causes audio to be played at said user communication device.