Electronic device system restoration by tapping mechanism

• US 10,123,189 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2013
• Issued: 11/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Razer (Asia-Pacific) Pte. Ltd. (Razer Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Razer (Asia-Pacific) Pte. Ltd. (Razer Incorporated)
• Inventors: Chan, Michael A., Moss, Tom, Bornstein, Daniel R., Fleming, Michael K., Quan, Justin, Tong, Linda
• Primary Examiner(s): Singh, Amresh
• Application Number:
  US14/042,509
• Publication Number:
  US 20140289201A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,863 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

Technology disclosed herein includes a method for system restoration between computing devices by a tapping mechanism. A first device detects (e.g., via NFC) a second device in proximity. The first device transmits a user credential of the first device to the second device. Either directly or via a cloud storage service, the first device instructs the second device to download a copy of system data of the first device from the cloud storage service, instead of from the first device. The second device is able to restore a system state of the first device on the second device, using the user credential and the system data.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

detecting, at a first computing device, that a second computing device is in proximity to the first computing device;

receiving a message from the second computing device;

determining, based on the received message, that the second computing device does not contain a user credential of the first computing device and the second computing device is a target device for a system restoration, wherein the first computing device is a source device for the system restoration;

transmitting, from the first computing device to the second computing device in response to the determining, the user credential of the first computing device; and

sending, from the first computing device to the second computing device in response to the determining, a location where a cloud storage service stores a copy of the system data of the first computing device such that the second computing device is able to access the location to receive the copy of the system data of the first computing device from the cloud storage service to restore the system state of the first computing device on the second computing device;

wherein the system data is stored in the first computing device, and the copy of the system data is backed up in the cloud storage service, wherein the second computing device uses the user credential received from the first computing device and the copy of the system data received from the cloud storage service to restore the system state of the first computing device on the second computing device,

wherein the user credential expires on the second computing device after a predetermined system event in the second computing device, and wherein a user logs in both the first computing device and the second computing device concurrently using the user credential before the user credential expires on the second computing device.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

executing a system restoration application in the first computing device.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said detecting comprises:

receiving, from a near field communication (NFC) component of the first computing device, a signal indicative that an NFC component of the second computing device is in proximity to the NFC component of the first computing device.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein the NFC component of the first computing device includes an NFC tag.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said detecting comprises:

sending an initial audio message encoded with a first code;

receiving a confirming audio message encoded with a second code; and

determining that the first code matches the second code.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said detecting comprises:

displaying a short code, a barcode, a matrix barcode or a lock screen image on a screen of the first computing device; and

receiving a message from the second computing device including the short code or information encoded in the barcode.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said transmitting comprises:

transmitting, via a near field communication component of the first computing device to the second computing device, the user credential of the first computing device.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said sending comprises:

sending, via a near field communication component of the first computing device to the second computing device, the location where the cloud storage service stores the copy of system data of the first computing device.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the user credential is transmitted from the first computing device to the second computing device such that the second computing device is able to restore the system state of the first computing device on the second computing device without a need of receiving a user-entered password associated with the user credential.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the system data includes at least one of:

contacts information, audios, videos, images, applications, or application running states.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the second computing device has an application for restoring the system state running on the second computing device.

12. A computing device comprising:

a processor;

a storage component configured to store system data of the computing device;

a network component configured to communicate with a cloud storage service; and

a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to perform a process including;

detecting that a target computing device is in proximity to the computing device;

receiving a message from the target computing device;

determining, based on the received message, that the target computing device does not contain a user credential of the computing device and the target computing device is a target device for a system restoration, wherein the computing device is a source device for the system restoration;

transmitting, to the target computing device in response to the determining, the user credential of the computing device; and

sending, from the computing device to the cloud storage service in response to the determining, an instruction for the cloud storage service to send a copy of system data of the computing device to the target computing device such that the target computing device is able to restore a system state of the computing device on the target computing device;

wherein the copy of the system data of the computing device is backed up in the cloud storage service, wherein the target computing device uses the user credential received from the computing device and the copy of the system data of the computing device received from the cloud storage service to restore the system state of the computing device on the target computing device, wherein the user credential expires on the target computing device after a predetermined system event in the target computing device, wherein a user logs in both the computing device and the target computing device simultaneously using the user credential before the user credential expires on the target computing device.

13. The computing device of claim 12, further comprising:

a near field communication (NFC) component configured to generate a signal indicative that the target computing device is in proximity to the NFC component of the first computing device.

14. The computing device of claim 13, wherein the NFC component is further configured to transmit the user credential to the target computing device.

15. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the instruction is sent by a near field communication component or a WiFi component of the computing device.

16. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the process further includes:

deleting the user credential and the system data from the computing device after receiving a confirmation that the target computing device has restored the system state of the computing device.

17. A computing device comprising:

a processor;

a near field communication (NFC) component configured to detect that a source computing device is in proximity to the NFC component of the computing device;

a network component configured to communicate with a cloud storage service; and

a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to perform operations including;

detecting that the source computing device is in proximity to the NFC component of the computing device;

notifying the source computing device that the computing device does not contain a user credential of the source computing device and the computing device is a target device for a system restoration, wherein the source computing device is a source device for the system restoration;

receiving, from the source computing device, the user credential of the source computing device;

retrieving, from the cloud storage service, a copy of system data of the source computing device; and

restoring a system state of the source computing device on the computing device by using the user credential received from the source computing device and the copy of the system data of the source computing device retrieved from the cloud storage to restore the system state of the source computing device on the computing device, wherein the user credential expires on the computing device after a predetermined system event in the computing device, wherein a user logs in both the source computing device and the computing device concurrently using the user credential before the user credential expires on the computing device.

18. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the operations further include:

receiving an instruction to download the copy of the system data of the source computing device from the cloud storage service;

wherein the instruction is received from the source computing device or the cloud storage service.

19. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the user credential is received via the NFC component of the computing device.

20. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the computing device is a new or refreshed device that contains no user credential.