Patent ID: 8069319

Claim:
A first wireless portable electronic device, comprising: a memory storing code, the memory arranged to store a calendar application and calendar appointments; a wireless communication interface through which the first wireless portable electronic device is able to communicate securely and authentically directly with a second wireless portable electronic device that is within range of the first wireless portable electronic device; and a processor coupled to the memory and to the wireless communication interface, the processor able to execute the calendar application and the code, wherein execution of the code by the processor causes the first wireless portable electronic device to identify a calendar appointment that is scheduled to occur on a future date that is more than a predetermined time in the future and causes the first wireless portable electronic device, in response to identifying the calendar appointment: to securely transmit the calendar appointment over a wireless communication link to a second wireless portable electronic device that is within range of the first wireless portable electronic device; to write in the memory information used to retrieve the calendar appointment from the second wireless portable electronic device; to erase from the memory the calendar appointment that was transmitted to the second wireless portable electronic device; and as the future date approaches and is no longer more than the predetermined time in the future, to automatically retrieve the calendar appointment from the second wireless portable electronic device and to store the calendar appointment in the memory of the first wireless portable electronic device.