Patent Publication Number: US-2011055157-A1

Title: System, apparatus, and method with automatic file copying function

Description:
BACKGROUND 
     1. Technical Field 
     The present disclosure relates to a system, an apparatus, and a method with a function for automatically copying file. 
     2. Description of Related Art 
     Generally, when a mobile data storage, such as a flash memory disk or a SD card, is used to copy files from a first electronic apparatus to a second electronic apparatus, the files need to be copied from the first electronic apparatus to the mobile data storage firstly, and then copied from the mobile data storage to the second electronic apparatus. But when files are copied from the mobile data storage to the second electronic apparatus, the user must select the files that need to be copied to the second electronic apparatus in the mobile data storage firstly, and then copy them manually to the second apparatus, which is inefficient and inconvenient for users. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The components of the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of a system, an apparatus, and a method with an automatic file copying function. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout several views. 
         FIG. 1  is a block diagram of a system with an automatic file copying function in accordance with an exemplary embodiment. 
         FIG. 2  is a flow chart of an automatic file copying method in accordance with an exemplary embodiment. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       FIG. 1  is a block diagram of a system  1  with an automatic file copying function (hereinafter “the system”) in accordance with an exemplary embodiment. The system includes a first electronic apparatus  10 , a second electronic apparatus  20 , and a mobile data storage  30 . The first electronic apparatus  10  is for marking files selected by user and copying the marked files to the mobile data storage  30 . The second electronic apparatus  20  can automatically retrieve copies of the marked files from the mobile data storage  30 . 
     The first electronic apparatus  10  includes a first interface  11 , a first data storage  12 , and a first processing unit  13 . The first data storage  12  is for storing the files of the first electronic apparatus  10 . The first interface  11  is for connecting to the mobile data storage  30 . After detecting that the mobile data storage  30  is connected to the first electronic apparatus  10 , the first processing unit  13  responds to selection operations of the user to select files to copy and responds to marking operations of the user to mark the selected files with a predetermined marking. The predetermined marking can be a special character string or an extension added in the name of each file. The marked files are copied to the mobile data storage  30 . 
     The second electronic apparatus  20  includes a second interface  21 , a second processing unit  22 , and a second data storage  23 . The second interface  21  is for connecting the mobile data storage  30 . When detecting the mobile data storage  30  is connected to the second electronic apparatus  20 , the second processing unit  22  detects whether there are files with the predetermined markings in the mobile data storage  30 . If there are files with the predetermined marking in the mobile data storage  30 , the second processing unit  22  automatically copies the files with the predetermined marking in the mobile data storage  30  to the second data storage  23 . 
     During or after the process of copying the files with the predetermined marking to the second data storage  23 , the second processing unit  22  classifies the files according to suffixes of the files and stores the classified files to a corresponding file folder. For example, a file with suffix “.doc” is classified as WORD file, and is stored to a folder for WORD documents in the second data storage  23 , the file with suffix “.jpg” is classified as image file, and is stored to an image file folder in the second data storage  23 . 
       FIG. 2  is a flow chart of an automatic file copying method in accordance with an exemplary embodiment. 
     In step S 201 , after detecting that the mobile data storage  30  is connected to the first electronic apparatus  10 , the first processing unit  13  responds to selection operations of the user to select the files to copy. 
     In step S 202 , the first processing unit  13  responds to marking operations of the user to mark the selected files with a predetermined marking and copies the marked files to the mobile data storage  30 . 
     In step S 203 , after detecting the mobile data storage  30  is connected to the second electronic apparatus  20 , the second processing unit  22  detects whether there are files with the predetermined marking in the mobile data storage  30 . 
     In step S 204 , if there are files with the predetermined marking in the mobile data storage  30 , the second processing unit  22  automatically copies the files with the predetermined marking in the mobile data storage  30  to the second data storage  23 . 
     In step S 205 , during or after the process of copying the files with predetermined marking to the second data storage  23 , the second processing unit  22  classify the files according to the suffixes of the file names and stores the classified files to the corresponding file folders. 
     In step S 206 , if there are not files with the predetermined marking in the mobile data storage  30  in step S 204 , the second processing unit  22  implements general operations. 
     Although the present disclosure has been specifically described on the basis of preferred embodiments, the disclosure is not to be construed as being limited thereto. Various changes or modifications may be made to the embodiment without departing from the scope and spirit of the disclosure.