Providing VHE features to a multi-purpose secure service platform

During the last years, 3G standardization activities lead to new directions both in network and service provisioning architecture. As a result, new concepts of service portability have been defined (i.e., Virtual Home Environment - VHE) and new topics related to security issues are gaining a significant impact. Taking into account such an input, we moved to promote the development of a new generation of personalized services for citizens, students and bank customers, accessible anytime, anywhere and with any technology. In order to allow a wireless trusted secure access to information services, we propose here a service brokering platform. Based on Java and XML technology, the system implements user profiling techniques to tailor contents in a way that is independent of the specific device (fixed or mobile) used to get access. We believe that such a new approach will carry to a fruitful user-friendliness in service management, allowing the user to interact with services in an intuitive and personalized way.