Patent ID: 8140527

Claim:
A method comprising: detecting a power-on of an apparatus that includes a display, the apparatus comprising at least one of a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant and a computer; determining if a retrieval of personal user information from the apparatus is required by determining if an identity of a user of the apparatus has changed since a last power-on of the apparatus or if an application operated by the apparatus requires additional personal user information than is currently available on the apparatus, wherein said personal user information is required if no personal user information is stored in said apparatus at all or if personal user information already stored in said apparatus is incomplete or if personal user information already stored in said apparatus is no longer up to date; and taking action to retrieve said personal user information if it has been decided that said retrieving is required, said method being for retrieving personal user information from said user of said apparatus, wherein personal user information retrieved from said user is stored in said apparatus.