Persistent folder associations for personal internet communicator
AssigneeAdvanced Micro Devices, Inc.
InventorJeffrey M. Lavin
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Abstract
In a personal Internet communication device, a system for directing the storage of files uses a file navigation program to control the location of where files may be stored by the user. With the system, attempts to save files by the file navigation program are directed to a predefined or default storage location in a fixed directory structure. All other applications on the person Internet communicator may also be modified to control file save operations. The person Internet communicator is further configured to maintain the file save associations with the predefined or default storage location, even when the user has previously saved files to another location.
Claims19
A method for controlling the ability of a user to save files on a computer system, comprising:
- providing the computer system with fixed directory structure for storing user data files;
- and
- configuring an operating system for the computer system so that any file storage by the user is first directed to the fixed directory structure, where the operating system comprises a shell filter module that prevents any file stored outside of the fixed directory structure from being renamed or deleted by hiding any files stored outside of the fixed directory structure.
A device comprising at least one storage device having stored thereon executable instructions and data which, when executed by at least one processing device, cause the at least one processing device to:
- detect a request from a user to save a file;
- and
- issue a direction to the user so that any file save operation by the user is first directed to a predetermined location in a fixed directory structure, where the executable instructions and data comprise a shell filter module that prevents any file saved outside of the fixed directory structure from being renamed or deleted by hiding any files stored outside of the fixed directory structure.
A computer system with persistent folder associations, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor for storing an operating system to cause the processor to always first attempt to store a file at a predetermined location in a fixed directory structure in response to a user request to save the file, where the operating system comprises a shell filter module that prevents any file stored outside of the fixed directory structure from being renamed or deleted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.