Patent ID: 7747948
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of storing data in a personal data assistant (PDA), comprising composing data in a first application program of a plurality of application programs embedded in the PDA, the data being of a first format, wherein composing the data includes entering data in an input screen of the PDA associated with the first application program; selecting a conversion of the entered data from the first format to a second format suitable for a second application program, by selecting one of a plurality of icons that are displayed on the input screen of the PDA, wherein each of the icons represents a corresponding one of the plurality of application programs; in response to selecting one of the icons, providing an information input window in the input screen, for a user to enter data for the second application program, the information input window being displayed on the input screen together with the composed data, and the user entering data into a plurality of data fields of the information input window; converting the entered data to the second format of the plurality of application programs using a conversion program provided in the PDA; and storing the converted data in a database associated with the second application program, the database provided in the PDA, wherein each of the plurality of application programs is selectively operated in the PDA, and wherein the first application program, the conversion program and the second application program are initiated and executed on the PDA, the conversion program to convert data from any one of the plurality of application programs into data in a format of any other of the plurality of application programs.