Handling of content in a data processing device

• US 20060041600A1
• Filed: 08/20/2004
• Published: 02/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Ojala, Markku, Lehtola, Ari, Partanen, Tiina
• Granted Patent: US 7,672,978 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/178 Techniques for file synchronisation in file systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for handling content in a data processing device, the data processing device comprising at least a first application and a data-handling module. The method comprises: synchronizing, in the control of said data-handling module, content of a first external device and at least one file residing in a specific folder of said data processing device, said file being accessible by at least one first application, and said file being generated by means of said first application and/or said file being directed to said first application.

Claims

1. A method for handling content in a data processing device, the data processing device comprising at least a first application and a data-handling module, wherein the method comprises:

synchronizing, in the control of said data-handling module, content of a first external device and at least one file residing in a specific folder of said data processing device, said file being accessible by at least one first application, and said file being generated by means of said first application and/or said file being directed to said first application.

2. Method of claim 1, wherein said data-handling module is part of a second application.

3. Method of claim 2, wherein said second application is a management application that is used at least for conducting communication between the data processing device and external devices.

4. Method of claim 1, wherein said first application is a content-handling application.

5. Method of claim 1, wherein said data-handling module provides an interface for use of said first applications, and wherein said method further comprises:

receiving, via said interface, to said data-handling module, information relating to content file(s) to be synchronized.

6. Method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

obtaining to said data-handling module information about content file(s) to be synchronized by periodically polling said specific folder.

7. Method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

transmitting said content between said first external device and a second external device.

8. Method of claim 7, wherein said data-handling module provides an interface for use of said first applications, and wherein transmission of content from said first external device to said second external device is commanded by said first application via said interface.

9. Method of claim 1, wherein said synchronization is implemented by means of Synchronization Markup Language.

10. Method of claim 1, wherein said content is one of the following:

an MMS message, a SMS message, an email, a contact card and a calendar event.

11. A method for handling content in a data processing device, the data processing device comprising at least a first application and a data-handling module, wherein the method comprises:

obtaining to said data-handling module information about content, which is generated by means of said first application and stored as a file to a specific folder, and

synchronizing, in the control of said data-handling module, said file to a first external device.

12. A method for handling content in a data processing device, the data processing device comprising at least a first application and a data-handling module, wherein the method comprises:

synchronizing, in the control of said data-handling module, content of a first external device as a file to a specific folder in the data processing device, said file being accessible by at least one first application.

13. A data processing device for handling content comprising at least

a first application comprising means for handling content, and

a data-handling module, said data-handling module comprising

means for synchronizing content of a first external device and at least one file residing in a specific folder of said data processing device, said file being accessible by at least said first application, and said file being generated by means of said first application and/or said file being directed to said first application.

14. A system for handling content comprising

a first external device, and

a data processing device comprising at least a first application, which comprises means for handling content, and a data-handling module, said data-handling module comprising

means for synchronizing content of the first external device and at least one file residing in a specific folder of said data processing device, said file being accessible by at least said first application, and said file being generated by means of said first application and/or said file being directed to said first application.

15. A computer program executable in a data processing device and implementing a data-handling module, the data processing device comprising at least a first application, wherein the computer program comprises:

program code for synchronizing content of a first external device and at least one file residing in a specific folder of said data processing device, said file being accessible by at least one first application, and said file being generated by means of said first application and/or said file being directed to said first application.

16. A computer program of claim 15 stored on a carrier.