Patent ID: 7277927

Claim:
A method for automatically transferring information from a website displayed on a handheld Internet appliance into a local database in the handheld Internet appliance, the method comprising: determining the information to be transferred with a web site application program interface; selecting a plurality of options available on a web site user interface for transferring the information from a first web site into the handheld Internet appliance, wherein the first web site includes the web site user interface, the web site user interface comprises a button in the first web site, the button comprising a menu displaying menu options for transferring the information from the first web site into the handheld Internet appliance, the menu options comprising: an option for saving the information from an already open web site into a local application; and a plurality of options for launching a second web site displaying content associated with the information from the already open web site; and automatically transferring the information from the web site into the local database in the handheld Internet appliance using a software plug in, the transfer performing all necessary format conversions and taking place independent from a synchronization operation.