Patent ID: 7366840

Claim:
A method for processing data in connection with a portable terminal, in which method an external memory that is external of the terminal is used for storing groups of data, at least one attribute is determined for said groups of data, data is stored in a storage memory of the portable terminal, and at least one group of data can be processed in the portable terminal, wherein at least one group of data stored in the external memory is selected by the portable terminal, said at least one attribute of said at least one group of data is transmitted to the portable terminal via a user selectable transfer method, said attribute being stored in the portable terminal, wherein when the portable terminal is to process data related to said attribute from said selected at least one group of data, at least a part of the data from said selected at least one group of data is transmitted to the storage memory of the portable terminal via said user selectable transfer method and said at least one group of data is processed by said portable terminal, and wherein when data related to said attribute from said selected at least one group of data is modified in said external memory an updated attribute of said at least one group of data is transmitted to the portable terminal.