1. A method, implemented by a network server in a communications network, for assisting devices in handling objects, the method comprising: creating a database storing a list of end-user devices associated with a user, object types that can be handled by the respective end-user devices, and actions that can be performed by the respective end-user devices for handling objects of the respective object types; receiving, from a first device associated with the user, a request that an unspecified device handle an object, the first device being unable to handle the object; selecting, based on the database, a second device associated with the user to handle the object; invoking the second device to handle the object.