ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING STORAGE OF DATA

• US 20090089342A1
• Filed: 03/26/2008
• Published: 04/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: GROUX, Brian Roy, JAIN, Rohit Rocky, RUNSTEDLER, Christopher James
• Application Number:
  US12/055,883
• Publication Number:
  US 20090089342A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

A method of managing storage of data at an electronic device includes maintaining databases associated with respective PIM service accounts including at least a first database associated with a first PIM service account and a second database associated with a second PIM service account, receiving a selection of an option to save a data record stored in the first database to the second database, and storing the record in the second database.

Claims

1. A method of managing storage of data at an electronic device, the method comprising:

maintaining databases associated with respective PIM service accounts including at least a first database associated with a first PIM service account and a second database associated with a second PIM service account;

providing a selectable option to save a data record stored in the first database to the second database; and

storing the data record in the second database if a selection of said option to save the data record is received.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein providing the selectable option to save the data record comprises providing at least one of an option to move the data record and an option to copy the data record.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the option to save the data record comprises an option to move the data record.

4. The method according to claim 3, comprising deleting the data record from the first database in response to receipt of selection of the option to move the data record.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the data record comprises one of a time-dependent event data record and an address data record.

6. The method according to claim 1, comprising maintaining a first PIM service record associated with the first database and the first PIM service account and maintaining a second PIM service record associated with the second database and the second PIM service account.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the first PIM service record includes synchronization capabilities of the first PIM service account and the second PIM service record includes synchronization capabilities of the second PIM service account.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the method comprises, in response to receipt of the selection of said option to save the data record, sending the data record for storage in an associated database at the second PIM service account if the synchronization capabilities permit.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the method comprises, in response to receipt of the selection of said option to save the data record, deleting the data record from the first database and sending a delete command for deleting the data record at the first PIM service account if the synchronization capabilities permit.

10. An electronic device comprising:

a memory for storage of databases associated with respective PIM service accounts;

a display device for displaying data from data records stored in the databases;

an input device for selection of options for storage of the data records; and

a processor connected to the memory, the display device and the input device, for execution of an application for providing a selectable option to save a data record stored in a first one of the databases to a second one of the databases, and storing the data record in the second one of the databases if a selection of the option to save the data record is received.

11. A computer readable medium having computer-readable code embodied therein for execution by a processor at a computing device for:

maintaining databases associated with respective PIM service accounts including at least a first database associated with a first PIM service account and a second database associated with a second PIM service account;

providing a selectable option to save a data record stored in the first database to the second database; and

storing the data record in the second database if a selection of said option to save the data record is received.