Patent ID: 7849056

Claim:
A method in an electronic device in which a default database is initially associated with both of a default PIM (personal information manager) service account and a second PIM service account, the method comprising: in addition to the default database, establishing in the electronic device a second database to store synchronized records associated with only the second PIM service account, wherein the default database initially contains merged database records previously stored in the default database regardless of with which PIM service account each merged database record originated, such that the source of each merged database record is indistinguishable in the default database; reconciling the merged database records with server database records associated with the second PIM service account to determine if all of the server database records are already present in the default database; if all of the server database records are already present in the default database: identifying a subset of the merged database records in the default database as overlapping records, overlapping records being server database records associated with the second PIM service account that are already present in the default database; and moving the overlapping records from the default database to the second database.