Data backup and restoration methods

• US 20070179926A1
• Filed: 01/27/2006
• Published: 08/02/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GIGA-BYTE Communications, Inc. (Giga-Byte Technology Co.)
• Original Assignee: GIGA-BYTE Communications, Inc. (Giga-Byte Technology Co.), Gigabyte Technology Company Limited (Giga-Byte Technology Co.)
• Inventors: Chiang, Ming-Tsung
• Application Number:
  US11/340,575
• Publication Number:
  US 20070179926A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60

Abstract

A data backup method is implemented in a mobile phone. Backup occasion options respectively corresponding to different situations of the mobile phone are displayed. An option corresponding to a situation is selected from backup occasion options. When satisfying the situation corresponding to the selected option, the mobile phone automatically generates a backup by copying data therein to a portable storage device connected thereto.

Claims

1. A data backup method, implemented in a mobile phone, comprising:

displaying backup occasion options respectively corresponding to different situations of the mobile phone;

retrieving a selected option corresponding to a situation from backup occasion options;

when the mobile phone satisfies the situation corresponding to the selected option, automatically generating a backup by copying data from the mobile phone to a portable storage device connected thereto.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the selected option indicates period for backing up the data, and the mobile phone generates the backup according to the period.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, according to the selected option, the mobile phone generates the backup when receiving or transmitting a message.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, according to the selected option, the mobile phone automatically boots to generate the backup when having been shutdown for a predetermined period, and is automatically shut down after generating the backup.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, according to the selected option, the mobile phone automatically generates the backup after booting or before shutdown.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

displaying backup action options, each corresponding to a backup procedure;

receiving a selected backup action from the backup action options; and

generating the backup according to a backup procedure corresponding to the selected backup action.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the selected action comprises a data moving operation, and the mobile phone deletes the data therein after generating the backup.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the selected action comprises a difference storage operation, and the mobile phone determines the difference between the data therein and data in the portable storage device before generating the backup and stores the difference to the portable storage device.

9. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the selected backup action comprises an encryption action, further comprising:

displaying a keyword input field before generating the backup;

verifying a keyword received by the keyword input field; and

when the keyword is verified, generating the backup by encrypting the data copied from the mobile phone to the portable storage device.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the data copied to the portable storage device conforms to a common format comprising data field and field tags, and only the data field is encrypted in the encrypting.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

displaying data types dedicated to be processed by different applications in the mobile phones;

receiving a selected data types from the data types; and

generating the backup according to the selected data types.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the data types comprise a phone book, communication logs, messages, system settings, notes, and schedules.

13. A data restoration method, implemented in a mobile phone, comprising:

upon a connection to a portable storage device, automatically determining if the portable storage device comprises backup data of the mobile phone;

if so, automatically displaying restoration options comprising a replace action;

when the replace action is selected, clearing data in the mobile phone; and

restoring the backup data to the mobile phone.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the restoration options comprise a data integration action, further comprising:

when the data integration action is selected, determining the difference between data in the mobile phone and data in the portable storage device; and

when the mobile phone lacks a record stored in the portable storage device, copying the record to the mobile phone.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14, further comprising, when a first record in the mobile phone comprises has the same identification as a second record in the portable storage device, comparing the content of the first record and the second record.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15, further comprising:

when the first record and the second record have different contents, displaying operation options; and

when an integration operation is selected from the operation options, integrating the difference of the content of the first record and the content of the second record into the first record.

17. The method as claimed in claim 15, further comprising:

when the first record and the second record have different contents, displaying operation options; and

when a replace operation is selected from the operation options, replacing the first record with the second record.

18. The method as claimed in claim 15, further comprising:

when the first record and the second record have different contents, displaying operation options; and

when an appending operation is selected from the operation options, appending the second record to the mobile phone.

19. The method as claimed in claim 13, further comprising:

receiving a keyword before responding to any selected restoration option;

verifying the keyword; and

performing the clearing and the restoring when the keyword is verified.

20. The method as claimed in claim 19, further comprising decrypting the backup data before restoring the backup data.