Patent ID: 7194557

Claim:
A method of transferring data from a host device to a handheld device, the method comprising: a) using a universal conduit resident on said host device to transfer data from said host device to said handheld device during a synchronization process between said host and handheld devices, said data containing an indication of a file type corresponding to an identified application on said host device, said file type unrecognized by said handheld device, said universal conduit being usable with a plurality of applications recognizable to said handheld device; b) storing said data as a stream within said handheld device and associating said file type with said stream; c) indexing a registry with said file type of said stream to determine said identified application of said handheld device that corresponds to said file type; d) an exchange manager reading said stream and dispatching said stream to said identified application; and e) said identified application processing said stream in accordance with other objects associated with said identified application.