CONTEXT SENSITIVE INFORMATION ACCESS ARTIFACTS

A context sensitive device including a card portion (101) having a number of user interpretable icons (e.g. 122), an electronic apparatus (106) attached to the card portion (101) which includes a memory unit in which are retained character strings, including contextual information, associated with the corresponding icons (122). The apparatus (106) also has a processor unit coupled to the memory unit, and a communication unit for coupling the processor to a reading device (302), which is configured to facilitate reading the context sensitive device. The processor is configured to relate reading signals resulting from a user selection of one of the icons (122), and received via the communication unit with at least one of the stored character strings, to thus transmit an output signal for indicating a desired service based on the contextual information.