Patent ID: 6850533

Claim:
A method of automatically providing at least one of equipment, services and information to a subscriber to a network service from a network server platform, the method comprising the steps of: receiving service usage data and user preference data from a subscriber, the service usage data and user preference data including cost and time limitation data relating to at least one of equipment, a service and information, when the service usage data and user preference data relates to equipment, the equipment being at least one of equipment used by the subscriber, equipment requested by the subscriber and equipment preferred by the subscriber, when the service usage data and user preference data relates to a service, the service being at least one of a service used by the subscriber, a service requested by a subscriber and a service preferred by a subscriber, and when the service usage data and user preference data relates to information, the information being at least one of information used by the subscriber, information requested by the subscriber and information preferred by the subscriber; determining at least one of equipment, a service and information that is one of available and planned based on the received service usage data and user preference data; and automatically providing to the subscriber at least one of equipment, service and information determined based on the received usage data and user preference data.