diff --git a/app/src/main/aidl/com/etesync/syncadapter/model/CollectionInfo.aidl b/app/src/main/aidl/com/etesync/syncadapter/model/CollectionInfo.aidl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ed502b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/aidl/com/etesync/syncadapter/model/CollectionInfo.aidl
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// CollectionInfo.aidl
+package com.etesync.syncadapter.model;
+
+parcelable CollectionInfo;
diff --git a/remoteexample/src/main/aidl/com/etesync/syncadapter/IEteSyncService.aidl b/remoteexample/src/main/aidl/com/etesync/syncadapter/IEteSyncService.aidl
index 19920d52..dc15a1a2 100644
--- a/remoteexample/src/main/aidl/com/etesync/syncadapter/IEteSyncService.aidl
+++ b/remoteexample/src/main/aidl/com/etesync/syncadapter/IEteSyncService.aidl
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 package com.etesync.syncadapter;
 
 // Declare any non-default types here with import statements
+import com.etesync.syncadapter.model.CollectionInfo;
 
 interface IEteSyncService {
     boolean hasPermission(String journalType);
 
     void requestPermission(String journalType);
+
+    CollectionInfo[] getJournalEntries(String journalType);
 }
diff --git a/remoteexample/src/main/aidl/com/etesync/syncadapter/model/CollectionInfo.aidl b/remoteexample/src/main/aidl/com/etesync/syncadapter/model/CollectionInfo.aidl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ed502b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remoteexample/src/main/aidl/com/etesync/syncadapter/model/CollectionInfo.aidl
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// CollectionInfo.aidl
+package com.etesync.syncadapter.model;
+
+parcelable CollectionInfo;
diff --git a/remoteexample/src/main/java/com/etesync/remotecontroller/MainActivity.java b/remoteexample/src/main/java/com/etesync/remotecontroller/MainActivity.java
index 9f09e712..2c1e166d 100644
--- a/remoteexample/src/main/java/com/etesync/remotecontroller/MainActivity.java
+++ b/remoteexample/src/main/java/com/etesync/remotecontroller/MainActivity.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
 import android.util.Log;
 
 import com.etesync.syncadapter.IEteSyncService;
+import com.etesync.syncadapter.model.CollectionInfo;
 
 public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
 
@@ -28,6 +29,15 @@ public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
                 boolean isAllowed = mEteSyncService.hasPermission(JOURNAL_TYPE);
                 if (!isAllowed) {
                     mEteSyncService.requestPermission(JOURNAL_TYPE);
+                } else {
+                    CollectionInfo[] collectionInfo = mEteSyncService.getJournalEntries(JOURNAL_TYPE);
+                    if (collectionInfo == null) {
+                        Log.i(TAG, "Received no collection infos");
+                    } else {
+                        for (CollectionInfo collectionInfo1 : collectionInfo) {
+                            Log.i(TAG, "Received collection info: " + collectionInfo1.displayName);
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
 
                 Log.i(TAG, JOURNAL_TYPE + " isAllowed:" + mEteSyncService.hasPermission(JOURNAL_TYPE) +
diff --git a/remoteexample/src/main/java/com/etesync/syncadapter/model/CollectionInfo.java b/remoteexample/src/main/java/com/etesync/syncadapter/model/CollectionInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ba89ffd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remoteexample/src/main/java/com/etesync/syncadapter/model/CollectionInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2013 – 2016 Ricki Hirner (bitfire web engineering).
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the GNU Public License v3.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
+ */
+
+package com.etesync.syncadapter.model;
+
+import android.os.Parcel;
+import android.os.Parcelable;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+public class CollectionInfo implements Serializable, Parcelable {
+    public int serviceID;
+
+    public long id;
+
+    public enum Type {
+        ADDRESS_BOOK,
+        CALENDAR
+    }
+
+    public int version = -1;
+
+    public Type type;
+
+    public String uid;
+
+    public String displayName, description;
+    public Integer color;
+
+    public String timeZone;
+
+    public boolean selected;
+
+    protected CollectionInfo(Parcel in) {
+        id = in.readLong();
+        serviceID = in.readInt();
+        version = in.readInt();
+        uid = in.readString();
+        displayName = in.readString();
+        description = in.readString();
+        timeZone = in.readString();
+        selected = in.readByte() != 0;
+    }
+
+    public static final Creator<CollectionInfo> CREATOR = new Creator<CollectionInfo>() {
+        @Override
+        public CollectionInfo createFromParcel(Parcel in) {
+            return new CollectionInfo(in);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public CollectionInfo[] newArray(int size) {
+            return new CollectionInfo[size];
+        }
+    };
+
+    @Override
+    public int describeContents() {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeToParcel(Parcel aParcel, int aI) {
+        aParcel.writeLong(id);
+        aParcel.writeInt(serviceID);
+        aParcel.writeInt(version);
+        aParcel.writeString(uid);
+        aParcel.writeString(displayName);
+        aParcel.writeString(description);
+        aParcel.writeString(timeZone);
+        aParcel.writeByte((byte) (selected ? 1 : 0));
+    }
+}