Abstract: A method of adaptive transmission of data between a data transmission device and at least one data accessing device comprising, the steps of receiving a request from the data accessing device for data; determining a user environment of the data accessing device and transmitting the user environment back to the data transmission device, wherein the user environment comprises information corresponding to a data access and display software of the data accessing device, adapting a format and a level of functionality of the data to account for the user environment to produce adapted data, and transmitting the adapted data to the data accessing device. The user environment may also comprise information about a rendering engine and a platform.