File processing device and method
AssigneesHong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsCheng-Hao Chou, Bo-Ching Lin, Zai-An Pan, Li Wang
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Abstract
A file processing device and a method are provided. The method includes: providing a storage unit for storing a connection date when an exterior storage device is connected to a file processing device; retrieving a last connection date of the exterior storage device; selecting the exterior storage device for files or file folders whose date information is later than the last connection date; and copying and saving the selected files or file folder to the file processing device.
Claims10
A file processing device comprising:
- a storage unit;
- an interface unit configured for connecting to an exterior storage device;
- a connection managing module configured for obtaining an identifier (ID) of the exterior storage device connected to the file processing device and recording a relationship between the obtained ID and a current connection date in the storage unit;
- a date information obtaining module configured for obtaining date information of a file or a file folder stored in the exterior storage device, and for obtaining a last connection date of the exterior storage device according to the ID of the exterior storage device from the storage unit;
- a comparing module configured for generating a matching signal when the date information is later than the last connection date, wherein the matching signal comprises information of a file or a file folder and its file structure;
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- a storage control module configured for copying files and/or file folders from the exterior storage device according to the matching signal, and storing the copied files or file folders in the storage unit.
A file processing method for copying a file or file folder from an exterior storage device to a file processing device, the method comprising:
- providing a storage unit for storing a connection date when the exterior storage device is connected to the file processing device;
- connecting the exterior storage device to the file processing device;
- retrieving a last connection date of the exterior storage device from the storage unit;
- selecting from the exterior storage device a file and/or a file folder whose date information is later than the last connection date;
- and
- copying and saving the selected file and/or file folder to the file processing device.
The method according to 7, wherein the selecting step comprises searching the exterior storage device for a file, whose creation date or last edit date is later than the last connection date, and which belongs to a file folder whose creation date is earlier than the last connection date and whose last edit date is later than the last connection date.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.