Geo-enabled personal information manager

An apparatus for providing access to geographic information in a computer system, the method comprising the steps of:

• means for displaying at least a portion of a record in a display screen of a personal information manager program running on a computer of the system, wherein the record includes a location identifier;
• and
• means for generating, in response to a user command, a request from the personal information manager program for retrieving geographic information associated with the location identifier.

An apparatus for providing access to geographic information in a computer system, the apparatus comprising:

• a processor running a personal information manager program for displaying to a user at least a portion of a record which includes a location identifier, wherein the processor is operative to generate, in response to a user command, a request to retrieve geographic information associated with the location identifier;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor for storing the record and corresponding location identifier.

A method of providing access to geographic information in a computer system, the method comprising the steps of:

• displaying at least a portion of a record in a display screen of a personal information manager program running on a computer of the system, wherein the record includes a location identifier;
• and
• automatically retrieving from another program geographic information associated with the location identifier in response to a user command.

An apparatus for providing access to geographic information in a computer system, the apparatus comprising:

• a processor running a personal information manager program for displaying to a user at least a portion of a record which includes a location identifier, wherein the processor is operative to automatically retrieve from another program geographic information associated with the location identifier in response to a user command;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor for storing the record and corresponding location identifier.

A method of providing access to geographic information in a computer system, the method comprising the steps of:

• displaying at least a portion of a record in a display screen of a personal information manager program running on a client computer, wherein the record includes a location identifier;
• and
• generating, in response to a user command, a request from the personal information manager program for retrieval of geographic information associated with the location identifier, wherein the request is delivered over a network connection to a server computer having access to the geographic information.

An apparatus for providing access to geographic information in a computer system, the apparatus comprising:

• a processor associated with a client computer and running a personal information manager program for displaying to a user at least a portion of a record which includes a location identifier, wherein the processor is operative to generate, in response to a user command, a request from the personal information manager program for retrieval of geographic information associated with the location identifier, such that the request is delivered over a network connection to a server computer having access to the geographic information;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor for storing the record and corresponding location identifier.