Patent ID: 7277923
Filing Date: 2007-10-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system for automatically accessing Internet information from a first local application on a handheld Internet appliance, the system comprising: a software plug-in to automatically launch a second local application from the first local application and to automatically transfer information obtained from a web site and stored in a local database in the handheld Internet appliance to the second local application; a user interface in the first local application to enable a user to launch the second local application from the first local application, the user interface comprising a button to display a menu with links to the second local application; and the local database programmed to store the information obtained from the web site; wherein the user interface in an address book application comprises links to enable the user to perform a plurality of actions, the plurality of actions comprising: returning to a main menu of the handheld Internet appliance with a single tap on the user interface menu; disconnecting from the Internet with a single tap on the user interface menu; sending an e-mail from the address book application; launching a financial web site with a single tap on the user interface menu; launching a travel web site with a single tap on the user interface menu; mapping an address stored in the address book application; getting driving directions to an address stored in the address book application; getting driving directions from an address stored in the address book application; and finding a commercial location nearest to an address stored in the address book application.