Patent ID: 7080103

Claim:
A method for replicating information in a personal information management system having a plurality of applications, comprising the steps of: displaying at least some data maintained in a data record, the data record being associated with one of the plurality of applications; in response to a user interaction with the one application, displaying a user prompt for selection of another of the plurality of applications; in response to a user selection of the user prompt, replicating the data record in a replicated data record and associating the replicated data record with the another application; adding additional information to the replicated data record as specified by the user; in response to another user interaction with the another application, displaying another user prompt; and in response to a user selection of the another user prompt, replicating the replicated data record and the additional information in another replicated data record, and associating the another replicated data record with the another application such that both the replicated data record and the another replicated data record are each maintained as separate data records within the personal information management system.