Patent ID: 6920488

Claim:
A server assisted system for accessing web page fields in which system a wireless Personal Data Assistant (PDA) communicates with an Internet network by an intermediary of a wireless Internet gateway, said server assisted system comprising: a portal server coupled to the intermediary of the wireless Internet gateway and having a configuration for accessing resources of the Internet network, a user data base associated with said portal server, said user database containing at least identifying information selected by a user which information determines for each of said web page fields, whether data in said each of said web page fields is to be retrieved in real-time or from a pre-stored update; portal handling means associated with said portal server, said portal handling means having a configuration for accessing said web page fields; portal browsing means disposed in said wireless PDA, said portal browsing means comprising a configuration for browsing said web page fields and for retrieving at least one of said web page fields; and, display means disposed in said wireless PDA and having a configuration for displaying said at least one retrieved web page field in said wireless PDA.