Patent ID: 8161107
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for roaming personal information items across multiple computing devices using an Internet Message Access Protocol (“IMAP”) server, the method comprising: receiving data representing a personal information item from a PIM program executing on a first computing device; utilizing the IMAP protocol to upload the data representing the personal information item from the first computing device to the IMAP server, wherein the data representing the personal information item is stored as a message in a user mailbox designated to hold personal information items on the IMAP server; at a second computing device, utilizing the IMAP protocol to download the data representing the personal information item from the message in the user mailbox from the IMAP server to the second computing device; and providing the data representing the personal information item to a PIM program executing on the second computing device.