An application server, configured for executing an application defined by XML
documents for delivering voice portal services, accesses subscriber attributes
from a standardized information database server (such as LDAP). The application
server, upon receiving a request from a proxy browser serving a user, accesses
the standardized database server to obtain attribute information for responding
to the application request. The application server sends a request to a content
server for media content based on the HTTP request and the attribute information.
The application server generates an HTML page, for execution of the prescribed
voice portal service application having XML tags configured for controlling delivery
of the media content in an audible format, based on the HTTP request.
