14. The method of claim 13 , wherein said subset of said set of local characters for display is selected to be less than or equal to a predetermined maximum number of characters for display in a particular display area.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein said subset of said set of local characters for display is selected to be less than or equal to a predetermined maximum number of characters for display in a particular display area. 16. The method of claim 14 , further comprising the step of further determining said subset of said set of local characters for display to said particular user as being present in said portion of said common area by also using another selected criteria to determine said subset only if the subset determined by using said selected criteria is more than said maximum to further reduce the number of characters in said subset to be at or below said maximum.