Method for controlling file name and electronic device thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9998523-B2
Application number	US-201314140270-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 24, 2013
Priority date	Dec 24, 2012
Publication date	Jun 12, 2018
Grant date	Jun 12, 2018

Abstract

A method for controls a file name in an electronic device. The method includes when a data transmission event occurs, detecting at least one file for attachment to data transmission; determining whether a renamed file exists among the at least one file; when at least one renamed file exists, generating a header in consideration of a changed name with respect to the at least one renamed file; and generating and transmitting a data packet including the header.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method in an electronic device, comprising:
displaying names of one or more files that have been attached to a message in a user interface of a message application;
displaying a changed name of at least one file in the user interface, by changing a name of the at least one file according to a user input in a state in which the names of the one or more files that have been attached to the message are displayed in the user interface, the at least one file being included in the one or more files;
in response to detecting an event for transmitting the message, identifying the at least one file with the changed name;
generating a Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) message header including information on the changed name of the at least one file;
when at least one file of the one or more files is attached, storing file information associated with the at least one attached file in a file management table;
determining whether the name of the at least one file is changed;
in response to determining that the name of the at least one file is changed, storing the file information associated with the at least one file with the changed name in the file management table; and
transmitting the message including the header,
wherein the file management table includes at least one of: a storage directory field of the one or more files, an original name field, an original filename extension field, a changed name field, a changed filename extension field, or at least one flag.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message application includes at least one of an email application, a multimedia message application, or a messenger application.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising detecting the one or more files that have been attached to the message according to the file information included in the file management table.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the name of the at least one file is changed comprises determining whether the name of the at least one file is changed by comparing an original name field value with a changed name field value of the file information associated with the at least one file with the changed name in the file management table.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the name of the at least one file is changed comprises determining whether the name of the at least one file is changed according to flag field values of respective files included in the file management table.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the name of the at least one file is changed comprises:
in response to identifying that a plurality of file management tables exists, detecting at least one file management table including the at least one file with the changed name according to first flag field values included in the respective file management tables; and
determining whether the name of the at least one file is changed according to an original name field value and a changed name field value of a file stored in the at least one file management table including the at least one file with the changed name.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the name of the at least one file is changed comprises:
in response to identifying that a plurality of file management tables exists, detecting at least one file management table including the at least one file with the changed name according to second flag field values included in the respective file management tables; and
determining whether the name of the at least one file is changed according to the second flag field values of respective files stored in the at least one file management table including the at least one file with the changed name.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to identifying that a file name changed, maintaining an original name of the at least one file stored in a memory in response to identifying that the name of the at least one file changed.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating a header according to original names of at least one file of which a name is not changed; and
transmitting the message including the header associated with the at least one file of which the name is not changed.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating the header associated with the at least one file with the changed name and the header associated with the at least one file of which a name is not changed; and
transmitting a data packet including the header associated with the at least one file with the changed name and the header associated with the at least one file of which the name is not changed.

11. An electronic device comprising:
at least one memory comprising at least one program including program code;
a communication interface;
a display; and
at least one processor configured to execute the program code to:
control to display names of one or more files that have been attached to a message in a user interface for a message application using the display;
control to display a changed name of at least one file in the user interface, by changing a name of the at least one file according to a user input in a state in which the names of the one or more files that have been attached to the message are displayed in the user interface using the display, the at least one file being included in the one or more files;
in response to detecting an event for transmitting the message, identify the at least one file with the changed name;
generate a Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) message header including information on the changed name of the at least one file;

store, when at least one file of the one or more file is attached, file information associated with the at least one attached file in a file management table;
determine whether the name of the at least one file is changed; and
store, in response to determining that the name of the at least one file is changed, the file information associated with the at least one file with the changed name in the file management table, and
transmit the message including the header using the communication interface,
wherein the file management table includes at least one of: a storage directory field of the one or more attached files, an original name field, an original filename extension field, a changed name field, a changed filename extension field, or at least one flag.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the message application includes an at least one of an email application, a multimedia message application, or a messenger application.

13. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the program code to detect the one or more files that have been attached to the message according to the file information included in the file management table.

14. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the program code to determine whether the name of the at least one file is changed by comparing an original name field value with a changed name field value of the file information associated with the at least one file with the changed name included in the file management table.

15. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the program code to whether the name of the at least one file is changed according to flag field values of respective files included in the file management table.

16. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Ha-Na

Classifications

• G06Q10/107 Primary

  Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing] · CPC title

• H04L67/06 Primary

  specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP] · CPC title

• H04L51/00

  User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail · CPC title

• H04L51/08

  Annexed information, e.g. attachments · CPC title

• H04L45/54 Primary

  Organization of routing tables · CPC title