A method for sharing data among a plurality of applications in a hand-held device

摘要

A method for sharing data among corresponding databases of a plurality of applications in a hand-held device, characterized by comprising the steps of: a) determining a current text selected by a user using an initial application as a keyword, the keyword being a portion of data contained in a current record in a database of the initial application; b) retrieving all records in corresponding databases of all other applications that match the keyword on a certain condition, and specifying these records as matching records; c) determining record identification information for each matching record, that can uniquely identify the matching record in the hand-held device; and d) replacing the current text in the current record in the database of the initial application with a hypertext containing the keyword and all of the record identification information. <IMAGE>