End-User Devices Handling Objects Via Network Server Assistance

A method, implemented by a first end-user device associated with a user, for handling objects, the method comprising:

• processing an event related to an object;
• detecting that the first end-user device is unable to handle the object;
• and
• in response, sending, to a network server, a request that an unspecified end-user device handle the object.

A network server in a communications network, for assisting devices in handling objects, the network server comprising:

• one or more processing circuits configured to create a database storing a list of end-user devices associated with a user, object types that can be handled by the respective end-user devices, and actions that can be performed by the respective end-user devices for handling objects of the respective object types;
• one or more communications circuits for communicating over the communications network, operatively connected to the processing circuits, and configured to receive, from a first device associated with the user, a request that an unspecified device handle an object, the first device being unable to handle the object;
• wherein the processing circuits are further configured to select, based on the database, a second device associated with the user to handle the object;
• wherein the communications circuits are further configured to invoke the second device to handle the object.

A first end-user device associated with a user, for handling objects, the first end-user device comprising:

• one or more processing circuits configured to:
• process an event related to an object;
• detect that the first end-user device is unable to handle the object;
• one or more communications circuits for communicating over a communications network, operatively connected to the processing circuits, and configured to send, to a network server in response to the detecting by the processing circuits, a request that an unspecified end-user device handle the object.