server 101 by contacting the http server and making a request of another url different than the first url noted above this http request encapsulates an http response where the request headers include required data as well as enough state information to allow the http server 102 to associate the encapsulated response with a previous request the request body includes a full http response in accordance with one particularly advantageous aspect of the invention the communications device 108 a may function as a shared interface allowing the application server 101 to also access user accounts associated with the communications devices 108 b 108 n that is since the communications devices 108 a 108 n are connected in a network configuration such as a local area network lan or wide area network wan for example these devices may potentially access user account information stored on the network 107 e g on a network server and or on one another as well as other network data as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art by way of example the user accounts may be e mail accounts but numerous other types of information such as address contact data calendar data etc may also be accessed in this manner as such even though the http client application 104 is only installed on the communications device 108 a it may advantageously provide a u201c gateway u201d for the application server 101 to access user accounts associated with other communications devices 108 b 108 n as will be appreciated by those skilled in the.