Patent ID: 8364654

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving a plurality of first records electronically over a data communication line at a first terminal, wherein the first terminal includes a processor and memory and is local to a human user, and the first records include at least one of: an e-mail, a word processing letter document, or an audio phone recording; automatically storing the received first records on a records management server, remote from the first terminal, responsive to automatically identifying an identifier in the first records at the first terminal, wherein the identifier identifies a contact of a plurality of contacts in a contact application executed on the first terminal, the identifier including a sender for the e-mail, an originating telephone number for the audio phone recording, and a letter recipient for the word processing letter document, wherein the automatically identifying the identifier in the e-mail includes using smart text to automatically recognize names within text at the first terminal; automatically storing on the remote server a second record newly created at the first terminal, responsive to automatically identifying the identifier in the second record at the first terminal; associating the stored first and second records with a file on the server corresponding to the contact; displaying, by the contact application, a representation of all records stored on the server corresponding to the contact; and providing, by the contact application, access to all records stored on the server corresponding to the contact.