Method and apparatus for accessing a common database from a mobile device and a computing device

A communications apparatus for accessing data contained in a data network system, the communications apparatus comprising:

• a server system, including at least one processor, configured for receiving a request from a wireless-communication user device through a wireless data network to access the data, the data being associated with an account for the wireless-communication user device, the account being provisioned after the wireless-communication user device has been authenticated in accordance with a first authentication process between the wireless-communication user device and the server system, and the wireless-communication device having a display screen, wherein the data is accessible by a computing device remotely located and coupled to a data network selected from a group consisting of the Internet, a private network and a network of public and private networks;
• wherein the server system is configured to forward the data to the wireless-communication user device, in response to the data being retrieved after the request is authenticated in accordance with a second authentication process, in a first format displayable on the display screen of the wireless-communication user device, wherein the second authentication process is different from said first authentication process.

A communications apparatus for accessing data contained in a data network system, the communications apparatus comprising:

• one or more servers, including at least one processor, configured for receiving a request from a wireless-communication user device through a wireless data network to access the data, the data being associated with an account for the wireless-communication user device, the account being provisioned after the wireless-communication user device has been authenticated by the one or more servers in accordance with a first authentication process between the wireless-communication user device and the one or more servers, and the wireless-communication device having a display screen, wherein the data is accessible by a computing device remotely located and coupled to a data network selected from a group consisting of the Internet, a private network and a network of public and private networks;
• wherein the one or more servers is configured to forward the data to the wireless-communication user device, in response to the data being retrieved after the request is authenticated by the one or more servers in accordance with a second authentication process, in a first format displayable on the display screen of the wireless-communication user device, wherein the second authentication process is different from said first authentication process.