Patent ID: 7743091

Claim:
A context management system offering a user a most appropriate context for processing information, the system comprising: a heterogeneous set of terminals interconnected by a local information transmission network and including a master terminal; a server computer comprising: rules engine with 1) a rules base including a list of rules based on terminals accessible by the master terminal and master terminal geographical locations, and 2) a context base including a list of contexts defining the terminals available for each said list of contexts, a type of connection between a local network and an external network, and a manner of returning the information to the terminals as a function of a capacity of the terminals; and processing means for determining the most appropriate context for information processing by said heterogeneous set of terminals, wherein said most appropriate context defines a terminal or terminals of the heterogeneous set of terminals which are available for said master terminal at a given time and which are most appropriate for information processing; and an external information transmission network connecting the server to the master terminal, wherein the server further comprises a converter module for sending to the master terminal an application enabling the user to download said most appropriate context to the master terminal; the master terminal downloading the most appropriate context without providing context information from the master terminal.