Patent attributes
A system is disclosed that facilitates web-based a virtually ubiquitous network interface is created by obtaining user profile information from a user and activity information from a user device, storing the user profile information and activity information in a database, providing access to the database from any Internet enabled device with appropriate security clearance for altering the database, receiving permission from the user to allow a third party to access the user profile, providing the third party access to a public subset of the user profile, receiving and storing content from the third party, and synchronizing the database and an Internet enabled device. The system responds to unsolicited updates from Internet enabled devices such as gas meters, electrical meters and household appliances to keep a user profile current.