Internet-based service system and method for remotely restoring damaged and files

• US 20030093707A1
• Filed: 07/25/2002
• Published: 05/15/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hauri, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Hauri, Inc.
• Inventors: Paek, Dong Hyun
• Granted Patent: US 6,918,056 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1464 for networked environments
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1469 Backup restoration techniques

Abstract

Disclosed is internet-based service system and method for remotely restoring damaged data and files through the internet in case that the data and files stored in the hard discs and floppy discs of client personal computers (PC) are partly or entirely damaged. If a user connects to a restoration server through the intemet network, a restoration plug-in module of client PCs and a restoration plug-in module of the restoration server will be compared after judging whether the user is registered. The damaged data and files will be restored by using the restoration plug-in module stored at client PC, a restoration result will be recorded and transfer to the restoration server for analyzing the result and the analyzed result will be transferred to client PC and simultaneously recorded on database.

Claims

1. An internet-based service system for remotely restoring damaged data and files, comprising:

an internet network;

plural client personal computers(PCs) for transferring log-in data through the internet network, transferring through the internet network information on a restoration plug-in module stored at present in response to a restoration plug-in module check signal transferred in correspondence with the log-in data, installing a restoration plug-in module inputted through the internet network in correspondence to the restoration plug-in module information, using the installed restoration plug-in module to restore damaged data and files in a storage medium, transferring a result of the restoration through the internet network, and outputting on screens analysis result data transferred through the internet network; and

a restoration server connected to the respective client PCs through the internet network, and for judging whether a user is registered by using the log-in data inputted from the client PCs, transferring the restoration plug-in module check signal to the client PCs through the internet network in order to check the restoration plug-in module stored in the client PCs in case that the user is registered, controlling the restoration plug-in module of the client PCs through the restoration plug-in module information transferred from the client PCs through the internet, analyzing a result of the restoration transferred from the client PCs, and transferring the analysis result to the client PCs.

2. The internet-based service system as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the client PCs includes:

a communication program for executing a communication connection to the restoration server;

a restoration plug-in module included in the communication program, and for restoring damaged data and files by a restoration program transferred from the restoration server in case that the communication connection is made with the restoration server through the communication program, storing restored data and files in a certain area, transferring a result of the restoration to the restoration server through the communication program, and receiving a result of an analysis transferred from the restoration server according to the restoration result;

a restoration object area having the damaged data and files and restored by means of the restoration plug-in module; and

a restoration data storage area for storing the data and files restored by means of the restoration plug-in module.

3. The internet-based service system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the restoration server includes:

a web server for executing the communication connection with the client PCs through the internet network, transferring the restoration program-inputted from external to the communication-connected client PCs, outputting the restoration result transferred from the client PCs to the external, and transferring the analysis result corresponding to the restoration result to the client PCs;

a restoration plug-in module having the restoration program inputted by a server administrator, and for transferring the restoration program to the web server according to an external transfer control; and

a management module, in case that the client PCs and the web server are communication-connected, for checking whether the restoration plug-in module is stored in the client PCs, transferring the restoration plug-in module through the web server in case that the restoration plug-in module is not stored, comparing the stored restoration plug-in module and the restoration plug-in module stored in the web server in case that the restoration plug-in module is stored, transferring the restoration plug-in module to the web server by judging whether the versions of the two are the same, analyzing a result of the restoration inputted from the web server, transferring the analyzed result to the web server, and computerizing the analyzed result in a database in correspondence to the log-in data.

4. An internet-based service method for remotely restoring damaged data and files, comprising steps of:

(1) connecting to a restoration server through a communication program of a client personal computer(PC);

(2) executing a user authentication routine after the connection to the restoration server;

(3) executing a routine for comparing a restoration plug-in module of the client PC with a restoration plug-in module of the restoration server;

(4) restoring damaged data and files by using the restoration plug-in module equipped in the client PC through the comparison routine step and storing the result;

(5) transferring the restoration result to the restoration server and requesting a result analysis; and

(6) transferring the analyzed result to the client PC and computerizing the result in a database.

5. The internet-based service method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the step

(2) for executing the user-authentication routine includes steps of:

(2-1) outputting screen data from the restoration server for inputting log-in data to the client PC;

(2-2) transferring the log-in data to the restoration server in case that a user of the client PC inputs the log-in data through the screen for inputting the log-in data;

(2-3) judging by the restoration server whether the received log-in data is log-in data registered in a management module; and

(2-4) executing the step(3) for executing a routine for comparing the restoration plug-in modules in case that the log-in data is the registered log-in data, and outputting a corresponding message in case that the log-in data is not the registered log-in data.

6. The internet-based service method as claimed in claim 4. wherein the step (3) for executing the routine for comparing the restoration plug-in modules includes steps of:

(3-1) judging whether the restoration plug-in module is installed in the client PC through the web server;

(3-2) comparing the versions of the restoration plug-in module of the client PC and the restoration plug-in module of the restoration server in case that the restoration plug-in module is installed in the client PC; and

(3-3) transferring the restoration plug-in module from the restoration server to the client PC in case that the version of the restoration plug-in module of the client PC is lower than the version of the restoration plug-in module of the restoration server.