Patent ID: 8117266

Claim:
A hand held device, comprising: means for communicating information comprising one or more of emails, voice, databases, and data over a wireless network to a remote server, wherein the information is communicated using one of several standard protocols associated with the type of information being communicated; means for transferring information with a local computing system client, an information client arranged for interrogating and receiving information from the remote server; an email server arranged for listening to and sending information to the local computing system client using one of several standard email protocols associated with the information being communicated, receiving information to be provided to the remote server from the local computing system client and the information client, and managing the information received from the local computing system, the information client and the remote server to control the transferring of the information to the information client, the local computing system client and the remote server, and the storing and deleting of the information at the hand held device; and means for storing the information being managed in the hand held device.