Patent ID: 7861005

Claim:
A method of sharing data accessible by a server, with a portable electronic device of a first entity, the method comprising: receiving permission at the server to share with said first entity, data associated with a second entity, the data for use with an application of a plurality of applications, wherein said data is stored in a folder accessible by said server, said folder associated with said application, and said receiving permission comprises receiving permission at said server to share with said first entity, said data in said folder; receiving a request at said server, from said portable electronic device of said first entity, for a list of folders associated with said second entity to which access has been made available, said request received in response to an option to view shared folders associated with said second entity in a portable device application at said portable electronic device being selected; transmitting said list to said portable electronic device of said first entity; receiving at the server an initialize command from said portable electronic device of said first entity, said initialize command identifying said folder associated with said application and said second entity, thereby starting a synchronization session with said portable electronic device of said first entity said server retrieving said data associated with said second entity; and transmitting said data from said server to said portable electronic device of said first entity.