Patent ID: 7337218

Claim:
A method for providing transaction processing in a portable computing device, comprising the steps of: providing a secure file server to serve as an intermediate interface to an internet access; providing a personal information database, residing on the secure file server, containing personal information data relating to a user of the portable computing device; providing a site map database, residing on the secure file server, the site map database containing data which maps fields of the personal information database to frames of known Web clippings; receiving a request from computer portable computing device to populate frames of a selected Web clipping; retrieving personal information data from the personal information database for fields mapped to the frame in the selected Web clipping in the site map database; and transmitting the retrieved personal information to the portable computing device palmtop computer; wherein the secure file server is configured to process wireless queries and wherein the portable computing device accesses Internet resources using said secure file server as the intermediate coupling without directly connecting to the Internet.