Method for personalizing the working of a portable communication device, and associated portable communication device

1. Method for personalizing the working of a portable communication device comprising the steps of:

An initialization step during which multimedia content data files are stored in a removable memory of said portable communication device, and personalization parameters for controlling peripherals of said device are set with software links to at least some of said data files;

Prior to removal of said removable memory, a step for creating a table including said software links, and a step for copying, according to said table, said data files for which software links exist, or at least a transformation of said data files, from said removable memory to an internal memory of said portable communication device.

2. Method according to claim 1 , wherein said step for copying is performed on the user's request.

3. Method according to claim 1 , further comprising a step for detecting automatically that said removable memory is going to be removed, and controlling performing of said step for copying.

4. Method according to claim 1 , wherein a priority order is associated to each software link of said table, and in that the step of copying includes copying said data files or at least a transformation of said data files according to the priority order.

5. Method according to claim 1 , wherein said data files includes at least a music file, and in that said transformation includes shortening the length of said music file.

6. Method according to claim 1 , wherein said data files includes at least an image, and in that said transformation includes miniaturizing said image in order to reduce the size of the file before copy.

7. Portable communication device for implementing a method according to claim 1 , comprising:

A removable memory for storage of said data files;

An internal memory for storage of said table including said software links;

Means for detecting the removal of said removable memory; and

Means for copying, according to said table, said data files for which software links exist, or at least a transformation of said data files, from said removable memory to said internal memory.

8. Portable communication device according to claim 7 , characterized in that said means for detecting removal of said removable memory consist in a dedicated key which can be activated by a user for ejecting said removable memory.

9. Portable communication device according to claim 7 , wherein said device is a mobile phone and said peripherals comprise a display and a loudspeaker of said mobile phone.