METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM OF RECOVERING AN OPERATING SYSTEM ON A PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE

• US 20140065958A1
• Filed: 08/29/2012
• Published: 03/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Song, Chuan, Yao, Jiwen, Zhang, Hail, Yang, Wenlong
• Granted Patent: US 9,270,339 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0742 in a data processing system embedded in a mobile device, e.g. mobile phones, handheld devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0793 Remedial or corrective actions recovery from an exception in an instruction pipeline G06F9/3861; by retry G06F11/1402; for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity H04L69/40
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/20 using active fault-masking, e.g. by switching out faulty elements or by switching in spare elements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/63 Image based installation; Cloning; Build to order
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/544 Buffers; Shared memory; Pipes
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces

Abstract

A device, method and system for recovering an operating system may comprise a near field communication module; a high speed wireless communication module; and a recovery manager. In some embodiments, the recovery manager may initiate a session between a portable communication device and another portable communication device through a near field communication connection established by the near field communication module; continue the session to receive an operating system image from the another portable communication device through a high speed wireless connection established by the high speed wireless communication module; and recover the operating system of the portable communication device with use of the operating system image.

Claims

1-27. -27. (canceled)

28. A portable communication device, comprising:

a near field communication module;

a high speed wireless communication module; and

a recovery manager to

initiate a session between the portable communication device and another portable communication device through a near field communication connection established by the near field communication module;

continue the session to receive an operating system image from the another portable communication device through a high speed wireless connection established by the high speed wireless communication module; and

recover an operating system of the portable communication device with use of the operating system image.

29. The portable communication device of claim 28, wherein the near field communication module, the high speed communication module and the recovery manager are stored in a firmware of the portable communication device.

30. The portable communication device of claim 28, wherein the near field communication module is further to obtain an address of the another portable communication device during the session through the near field communication connection;

and the high speed wireless communication module is further to utilize the address to establish the high speed wireless connection with the another portable communication device.

31. The portable communication device of claim 28, wherein the recovery manager is further to initiate the session in response that a user of the portable communication device presses a key to request recovering the operating system.

32. The portable communication device of claim 28, wherein the recovery manager is further to recover the operating system through storing the operating system image in the firmware and rebooting the portable communication device.

33. The portable communication device of claim 28, wherein the high speed wireless connection is Bluetooth or Wi-Fi connection.

34. The portable communication device of claim 28, wherein the portable communication device and the another portable communication device are smart phones.

35. One or more machine readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions that in response to being executed cause a portable computing device to:

initiate, by a recovery manager, a session between the portable communication device and another portable communication device through a near field communication connection established by a near field communication module;

continue, by the recovery manager, the session to receive an operating system image from the another portable communication device through a high speed wireless connection established by a high speed wireless communication module; and

recover, by the recovery manager, an operating system of the portable communication device with use of the operating system image;

wherein the near field communication module, the high speed communication module and the recovery manager are stored in a firmware of the portable communication device.

36. The machine readable media of claim 35, further comprising a plurality of instructions that in response to being executed cause the portable computing device to:

obtain, by the near field communication module, an address of the another portable communication device during the session through the near field communication connection; and

utilize, by the high speed wireless communication module, the address to establishing the high speed wireless connection with the another portable communication device.

37. The machine readable media of claim 35, wherein the operating system image is received from another recovery manager stored in another operating system of the another portable communication device.

38. The machine readable media of claim 35, wherein to initiate the session comprises to initiate the session further in response that a user of the portable communication device presses a key to request recovering the operating system.

39. The machine readable media of claim 35, wherein to recover the operating system further comprises to:

store the operating system image in the firmware; and

reboot the portable communication device.

40. The machine readable media of claim 35, wherein the high speed wireless connection is Bluetooth or Wi-Fi communication.

41. The machine readable media of claim 35, wherein the portable communication device and the another portable communication device are smart phones.

42. A portable communication device, comprising:

a near field communication module;

a high speed wireless communication module; and

a recovery manager to;

initiate a session between the portable communication device with another portable communication device through a near field communication connection established by the near field communication module; and

continue the session to send an operating system image to the another portable communication device through a high speed wireless connection established by the high speed wireless communication module, in response to a request from another recovery manager stored in a firmware of the another portable communication device.

43. The portable communication device of claim 42, wherein the near field communication module, the high speed communication module and recovery manager are stored in an operating system of the portable communication device.

44. The portable communication device of claim 42, wherein the near field communication module is further to obtain an address of the another portable communication device during the session through the near field communication connection, and the high speed wireless communication module is further to utilize the address to establish the high speed wireless connection with the another portable communication device.

45. The portable communication device of claim 42, wherein the high speed wireless connection is Bluetooth or Wi-Fi communication.

46. The portable communication device of claim 42, wherein the portable communication device and the another portable communication device are smart phones.

47. One or more machine readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions that in response to being executed cause a portable computing device to:

initiate, by a recovery manager, a session between the portable communication device with another portable communication device through a near field communication connection established by a near field communication module; and

continue, by the recovery manager, the session to send an operating system image to the another portable communication device through a high speed wireless connection established by a high speed wireless communication module, in response to a request from another recovery manager stored in a firmware of the another portable communication device;

wherein the near field communication module, the high speed communication module and the recovery manager are stored in an operating system of the portable communication device.

48. The machine readable media of claim 47, further comprising a plurality of instructions that in response to being executed cause the portable computing device to:

obtain, by the near field communication module, an address of the another portable communication device during the session through the near field communication connection; and

utilize, by the high speed wireless communication module, the address to establish the high speed wireless connection with the another portable communication device.

49. The machine readable media of claim 47, wherein the high speed wireless connection is Bluetooth or Wi-Fi communication.

50. The machine readable media of claim 47, wherein the portable communication device and the another portable communication device are smart phones.