Context management system for a network including a heterogenous set of terminals

A context management method offering a user a most appropriate context for processing information, the method comprising:

• determining, by a processing means of a server computer of a context management system, the most appropriate context for information processing by a heterogeneous set of terminals interconnected by a local information transmission network and including a master terminal, 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;
• sending, by the server computer, an application to the master terminal via an external information transmission network connecting the server computer to the master terminal to enable the user to download said most appropriate context to the master terminal;
• the server comprises:
• 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
• a converter module for sending to the master terminal an application enabling the user to download said most appropriate context to the master terminal;
• and
• downloading, by the master terminal, the most appropriate context without providing context information from the master terminal.