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 providing a persistent folder association in a communication device, comprising:
- configuring an operating system for the communication device to direct all user data file storage operations to a default directory structure so that applications always attempt to save user data files to a predefined folder in the default directory structure, where the operating system comprises a file system and data store module for directing user data file storage operations to the predefined directory structure;
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- modifying an application to override the default directory structure for storing a user data file to a user-specified folder without retaining location information for the user-specified folder so that a subsequent attempt to store the user data file is first directed to the predefined folder in the default 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 user data file;
- direct the user to save the user data file to a predefined folder in a default directory structure under control of a file system and data store module in an operating system layer so that each storage operation for the user data file is first directed to the predefined folder in the default directory structure;
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- permit the user to override the default directory structure and store the user data file to a user-specified folder without retaining location information for the user-specified folder so that any subsequent attempt to store the user data file is first directed to the predefined folder in the default directory structure.
A computer system with persistent folder associations, comprising:
- a processor;
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- a memory coupled to the processor for storing:
- an operating system comprising:
- a file system and data store module for directing all user data file storage operations to a predefined folder in a default directory structure, and a shell filter module to ensure that a user cannot delete protected content by identifying which directories are visible to a user when exploring content stored on the computer system and limiting control functionality so that any visible, protected content store in the memory is not deletable by the user;
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- an application which interacts with the file system and data store module to cause the processor to:
- direct each first attempt to store a user data file to the predefined folder in the default directory structure;
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- override the default directory structure and store the user data file to a user-specified folder without retaining location information for the user-specified folder so that any subsequent attempt to store the user data file is first directed to the predefined folder in the default directory structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.