Patent ID: 7584412

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of processing information comprising: a) storing a first set of calendar information under a predetermined category name in a first database on a server, said first database comprising a first set of calendar information received from multiple computer systems; b) transferring said first set of calendar information from said server to a portable computer system, said portable computer system having a second database comprising a second set of calendar information that is differentiated from said first set of calendar information by a second category name that is different from said predetermined category name; c) displaying said first set of calendar information in conjunction with said second set of calendar information such that events in the calendar information of the first and second sets are combined in a single listing of events over a duration; and d) synchronizing said second database comprising said second set of calendar information but not said first set of calendar information with calendar information in a third database on a host computer system that is different from said server via delta records so that after synchronization said second and third databases contain the same set of calendar information, wherein said delta records represent changes in said database and, wherein said calendar information associated only with said portable computer system.