Patent ID: 7644353

Claim:
A method for enabling an action on an electronic document using a mobile information device having a document service interface, the method comprising: receiving a selection of a document reference with which a first electronic document stored remote from the mobile information device is associated by one of: a. opening a second electronic document stored at the mobile information device that contains the document reference; or b. opening a document reference repository at the mobile information device that contains the document reference; invoking the document services interface on the mobile information device after receiving the selection of the document reference; receiving, at the document service interface, an action to be performed on the first electronic document by an access device capable of performing the action; and transmitting, from the mobile information device to the access device, the selected document reference associated with the first electronic document and the received action to be performed at the access device, wherein the mobile information device is not capable of performing the action on the first electronic document, the document reference is the first electronic document's URL, and the mobile information device commands the performing of the action on the first electronic document at the access device by transmitting the selected document reference without transmitting the first electronic document to the access device.