Patent ID: 6901434
Filing Date: 2005-05-31
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for synchronizing data between a first handheld computer and other handheld computers, the method comprising: storing concurrently on the first handheld computer a first index and a second index; wherein said first index associates a first group of information items to a first entity associated with a second handheld computer; wherein said second index associates a second group of information items to a second entity associated with a third computer; wherein the first group and second group do not contain the same information items; wherein the first group and second group contain a first information item; selecting at least said first information item from the first index; signaling the first information item from the first handheld computer to the second handheld computer; identifying a second information item on the second handheld computer that corresponds to the first information item; synchronizing the second information item with the first information item; selecting at least the first information item from the second index; signaling the first information item from the first handheld computer to the third computer; identifying a third information item on the third computer that corresponds to the first information item; and synchronizing the third information item with the first information item.