Patent ID: 8032571

Claim:
A method for automatically classifying files to be copied into a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: in response to receiving a command to copy a file into the mobile communication terminal, determining by the mobile communication terminal, an attribute of the file, wherein the determining of the attribute of the file comprises: extracting a filename extension for the file; determining that the attribute of the file cannot be determined based on the filename extension if the filename extension comprises a multi-attribute extension; analyzing a header for the file, if the attribute cannot be determined based on the filename extension; and determining the attribute of the file using the extracted filename extension or a result of the analyzing step; determining, by the mobile communication terminal, a storage folder from among a plurality of storage folders in the mobile communication terminal in which to store the file according to the attribute of the file, wherein the storage folder is determined without user input; and copying and storing the file in the determined storage folder.