A self service data interface includes communications logic providing
communications with a personal data device and a data infrastructure,
such as the computer resources in a department or building. A processor
executes a data interface management process that communicates with the
data infrastructure to obtain information about available data services,
where the information includes information about how the available data
services are accessed. The data interface management process also
communicates with the personal data device to provide the information
about the available data services to the user. The information is used by
the personal data device to invoke the services directly via the self
service data interface. The self service interface can have multiple
communications links to the personal data device, such as a wire link and
a wireless link. The information from the self service data interface can
be provided as a hypertext page that is accessed and handled by a browser
within the personal data device.