BACKUP AND RESTORE SYSTEM FOR A COMPUTER
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Abstract
A method of defining a backup state of a file system is provided. A change in an electronic file stored on a computer system is detected. If the change is detected, a backup state of the electronic file is updated using an overlay icon associated with the electronic file. The overlay icon is presented in a user interface displaying the file system of the computer system. The backup state indicates that the electronic file is selected for backup processing if the change is detected. If the backup state indicates the electronic file is selected for backup processing, a copy of the electronic file is sent to a second computer system accessible by the computer system using a network.
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43 Claims
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24. A computing device comprising:
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a processor; a user interface operably coupled to the processor, the user interface including a display; and a computer-readable medium, operably coupled to the processor, comprising instructions that cause the processor to; designate files on the computing device, copies of which are to be maintained at a remote computer; and control the user interface to (1) render on the display overlay icons that at least partially overlap file icons representing the designated files, the icons indicating (i) files that are designated for remote storage but for which a current copy is not stored at the remote computer system, (ii) files that are designated for remote storage and for which a current copy is stored at the remote computer system, and (iii) files that are not designated for remote storage, (2) render at least one aspect of an overlay icon associated with a file to provide a first indication that the file is designated for remote storage but that a current copy of the file is not stored at the remote computer system, and (3) modify, automatically in response to transmission of a copy of the file to the remote computer system, at least one aspect of the overlay icon to change the first indication into a second indication to the user that the file has been transmitted to the remote computer system. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method for intuitive display of transfer states of files to a remote computing device, comprising:
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rendering on a display, by a user interface executed by a processor of a computing device, overlay icons that at least partially overlap file icons representing one or more designated files on the computing device, copies of which are to be maintained at a remote computer, the icons indicating (i) files that are designated for remote storage but for which a current copy is not stored at the remote computer system, (ii) files that are designated for remote storage and for which a current copy is stored at the remote computer system, and (iii) files that are not designated for remote storage; rendering, by the user interface, at least one aspect of an overlay icon associated with a file to provide a first indication that the file is designated for remote storage but that a current copy of the file is not stored at the remote computer system; and modifying, by the user interface, automatically in response to transmission of a copy of the file to the remote computer system, at least one aspect of the overlay icon to change the first indication into a second indication to the user that the file has been transmitted to the remote computer system. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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