a system for communicating multimedia information in a communication network includes at least a first communication device deployed in a first geographic location and coupled to the communication network , and a card carrying information related to one or more user - defined selections of information content . when the card is communicatively coupled to the first communication device , the card allows the first communication device to access at least a first portion of the one or more user - defined selections of information content . the first portion is located at a second communication device deployed at the first geographic location . the card also allows the first communication device to access at least a second portion of the one or more user - defined selections of information content . the second portion is located at a third communications device deployed at a second geographic location and coupled to the communication network .