12. A method of accessing multimedia structures, the method comprising the steps of: producing multimedia structures that represent at least one of messages, data, and commands; storing the structures via an interconnection network in a device configured to store the multimedia structures; receiving a telephone call from a telephone set; receiving a number from the telephone set after receiving the telephone call, wherein the number represents a remote hosting site in which the device is located; and selectively instantiating the multimedia structures in a directory through the interconnection network by determining a network address of the remote hosting site using the received number and downloading the multimedia structures contained in the directory, a network access server separate from the device configured to store the multimedia structures, and a voice-recognition and speech-synthesis system that reads files in XML format, associates the read XML files with an XSL processing module, and selectively maps the XML files into the XSL processing module.
12. A method of accessing multimedia structures, the method comprising the steps of: producing multimedia structures that represent at least one of messages, data, and commands; storing the structures via an interconnection network in a device configured to store the multimedia structures; receiving a telephone call from a telephone set; receiving a number from the telephone set after receiving the telephone call, wherein the number represents a remote hosting site in which the device is located; and selectively instantiating the multimedia structures in a directory through the interconnection network by determining a network address of the remote hosting site using the received number and downloading the multimedia structures contained in the directory, a network access server separate from the device configured to store the multimedia structures, and a voice-recognition and speech-synthesis system that reads files in XML format, associates the read XML files with an XSL processing module, and selectively maps the XML files into the XSL processing module. 15. The method defined in claim 12 , further comprising: receiving from the telephone set an indication that a call is complete; and responsive to receiving the indication that the call is complete, terminating the instantiation of the multimedia structures at the network access server.