Patent ID: 7523136

Claim:
A portable radio communication device operable to connect to another electronic device for exchanging data, comprising: a memory for storing directories and/or files; a connecting device operable to establish a connection to the electronic device; a control assembly configured to: synchronize directories and/or files with corresponding directories and/or files stored on the electronic device when the portable radio communication device is connected to the electronic device, wherein synchronizing comprises at least one of copying missing directories and/or files, deleting additional directories and/or files, or updating changed directories and/or files of at least one of the corresponding directories and/or files as predetermined in individual properties settings; define the individual properties settings associated with said stored directories and/or files, wherein the individual properties settings contain pairs of files and/or directories of the portable radio communication device and the electronic device that are subject to the synchronization; and control access to directories and/or files by the corresponding directories and/or files; wherein the individual properties settings include pairing a directory in the portable radio communication device with a directory in the electronic device, and at least one of adding a file from the directory of the portable radio communication device to the paired directory of the electronic device or deleting a file from the paired directory of the electronic device.