I-centric services in the area of telecommunication `the I-talk service'

A new approach is to build communication systems not on the basis of specific technologies, but on the analysis of the individual communication spaces. The result is a communication system adapted to the individual demands of each individual (I-centric). The communication system will act on behalf of user demands, reflecting recent actions to enable profiling and self-adaptation to contexts and situations. I-centric services adapt themselves to individual communication spaces and individual environments and situations. In this context "I" means individual, "centric" means adaptable to I requirements and a certain user environment. This paper introduces I- centric service as a new approach to integrating different services, and it illustrates how this approach can be applied to the area of telecommunication systems. The I-centric service "I-Talk" from the area of telecommunication is introduced. I-Talk realizes an I-centric telephony service, where a user has no longer to type in or to memorize any telephone numbers.