Profile server for telecommunication network e.g. public switched telephone network, has database to store user profile, where server identifies location of user requested information distributed over network based on profile

摘要

The server (10) has access interfaces corresponding to respective access protocols, and an output interface corresponding to an output protocol. A database (12) stores a profile including basic information of each user. The server identifies the location of user requested information distributed over a network based on a user profile. The server formats the identified information based on the access protocol. An independent claim is also included for a method of processing user requests for accessing information distributed over a network.