Persistent folder associations for personal internet communicator

摘要

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.

主权项

1. 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; and 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.