MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20130191686A1
• Filed: 01/09/2013
• Published: 07/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Taeyong, Lee, Jungbin, Lee, Chanwoo, Kim, Soojin, Kwak, Jaecheol, Shin, Gahee
• Granted Patent: US 9,037,906 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/15
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1448 Management of the data involved in backup or backup restore
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1458 Management of the backup or restore process
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1464 for networked environments
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1469 Backup restoration techniques

Abstract

A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which restoration and backup operations are performed for the mobile terminal. The present invention includes backing up data for at least one application included in a backup target terminal and restoring the data for the at least one application in a restoration target terminal, the restoring including the performing a basic restoration operation on the data related to the at least one application, determining whether a previously provided restoration error occurs in a data restoring process for a specific application among the at least one or more applications, and performing a restoration operation corresponding to the restoration error in accordance with a result of the determining.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, comprising:

backing up data for at least one application included in a backup target terminal; and

restoring the data for the at least one application in a restoration target terminal,

the restoring comprising;

performing a basic restoration operation on the data related to the at least one application;

determining whether a previously provided restoration error occurs in a data restoring process for a specific application among the at least one or more applications; and

performing a restoration operation corresponding to the restoration error in accordance with a result of the determining.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying an indicator window configured to indicate a process for performing the restoration operation related to the at least one application.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein in the determining operation, a case that the specific application installed on the backup target terminal does not exist in the restoration target terminal is determined as the previously provided restoration error and wherein in the restoration operation, if the previously provided restoration error is determined, the specific application is installed on the restoration target terminal and a detailed application information related to the specific application is then restored at a timing point of completing the installation.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the specific application is installed on the restoration target terminal by accessing an external server configured to store backup data for the at least one application.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein in the determining, a case that a version of the specific application previously installed on the restoration target terminal before the restoration is more recent than that of the specific application installed on the backup target terminal is determined as the previously provided restoration error, wherein in the restoration operation, when the previously provided restoration error is determined, if the specific application belongs to a preset white list, a detailed application information related to the specific application is restored in the restoration target terminal, and wherein in the restoration operation, when the previously provided restoration error is determined, if the specific application does not belong to the preset white list, the data for the specific application is not restored in the restoration target terminal.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein in the determining, a case that a version of the specific application previously installed on the restoration target terminal before the restoration is equal to that of the specific application installed on the backup target terminal is determined as the previously provided restoration error, wherein in the restoration operation, when the previously provided restoration error is determined, the specific application is not restored in the restoration target terminal but a detailed application information for the specific application is restored in the restoration target terminal.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the backup target terminal manages an application restricted from operating in the restoration target terminal using a blacklist, wherein in the determining, if the specific application installed on the backup target terminal is the application corresponding to the blacklist, the previously provided restoration error is determined, and wherein in the backup operation, the application corresponding to the blacklist is not backed up but an information on the blacklist is backed up.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein in the restoration operation, if the previously provided restoration error is determined, the specific application of a version operable in the restoration target terminal from an external server is installed on the restoration target terminal using the information on the blacklist.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the restoration target terminal comprises a terminal identical to the backup target terminal.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the restoration target terminal is configured to operate by a same operating system of a version different from that of the backup target terminal.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the restoration target terminal comprises a terminal different from the backup target terminal.

12. A mobile terminal comprising:

a wireless communication unit receiving a backup information on a backup of data of at least one application of a backup target terminal; and

a controller restoring the data for the at least one application, the controller performing a basic restoration operation on the data related to the at least one application based on the backup information, the controller determining whether a previously provided restoration error occurs in a data restoring process for a specific application among the at least one or more applications, the controller performing a restoration operation corresponding to the restoration error in accordance with a result of the determination.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, further comprising a display unit configured to display an indicator window configured to indicate a process for performing the restoration operation related to the at least one application.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller determines a case that the specific application installed on the backup target terminal does not exist in the restoration target terminal as the previously provided restoration error and wherein if the previously provided restoration error is determined, the controller installs the specific application and restores a detailed application information related to the specific application at a timing point of completing the installation.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller determines a case that a version of the specific application previously installed on the restoration target terminal before the restoration is more recent than that of the specific application installed on the backup target terminal as the previously provided restoration error, wherein when the previously provided restoration error is determined, if the specific application belongs to a preset white list, the controller restores a detailed application information related to the specific application in the restoration target terminal, and wherein when the previously provided restoration error is determined, if the specific application does not belong to the preset white list, the controller does not restore the data for the specific application in the restoration target terminal.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the controller determines a case that a version of the specific application previously installed on the restoration target terminal before the restoration is equal to that of the specific application installed on the backup target terminal as the previously provided restoration error, wherein when the previously provided restoration error is determined, the controller does not restore the specific application in the restoration target terminal but restores a detailed application information for the specific application in the restoration target terminal.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the wireless communication unit receives a blacklist information as an information on an application restricted from operating in the mobile terminal from the external server, wherein if the specific application installed on the backup target terminal is the application corresponding to the blacklist information, the controller determines the previously provided restoration error, and wherein if the previously provided restoration error is determined, the controller installs the specific application of a version operable in the mobile terminal from the external server on the mobile terminal using the blacklist information.