ELECTRONIC DEVICE SYSTEM RESTORATION BY TAPPING MECHANISM

• US 20140289201A1
• Filed: 09/30/2013
• Published: 09/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Razer (Asia-Pacific) Pte. Ltd. (Razer Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Nextbit Systems, Inc. (Razer Incorporated)
• Inventors: Chan, Michael A., Moss, Tom, Bornstein, Daniel R., Fleming, Michael K., Quan, Justin, Tong, Linda
• Granted Patent: US 10,123,189 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/650
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

Technology disclosed herein includes a method for system restoration between computing devices by a tapping mechanism. A first device detects (e.g., via NFC) a second device in proximity. The first device transmits a user credential of the first device to the second device. Either directly or via a cloud storage service, the first device instructs the second device to download a copy of system data of the first device from the cloud storage service, instead of from the first device. The second device is able to restore a system state of the first device on the second device, using the user credential and the system data.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

detecting, at a first computing device, that a second computing device is in proximity to the first computing device;

transmitting, from the first computing device to the second computing device, a user credential of the first computing device; and

sending, from the first computing device to the second computing device, a location where a cloud storage service stores a copy of system data of the first computing device such that the second computing device can restore a system state of the first computing device on the second computing device;

wherein the system data are stored in the first computing device, and the copy of the system data are backed up in the cloud storage service.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the second computing device is a target device for a system restoration.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein said determining comprises:

receiving a message from the second computing device indicative that the second computing device does not contain the user credential.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein said determining comprises:

receiving a user instruction indicative that the second computing device is the target device for the system restoration.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

executing a system restoration application in the first computing device.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said detecting comprises:

receiving, from a near field communication (NFC) component of the first computing device, a signal indicative that an NFC component of the second computing device is in proximity to the NFC component of the first computing device.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the NFC component of the first computing device includes an NFC tag.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said detecting comprises:

sending an initial audio message encoded with a first code;

receiving a confirming audio message encoded with a second code; and

determining that the first code matches the second code.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said detecting comprises:

displaying a short code, a barcode, a matrix barcode or a lock screen image on a screen of the first computing device; and

receiving a message from the second computing device including the short code or information encoded in the barcode.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said transmitting comprises:

transmitting, via an NFC component or a Bluetooth component of the first computing device to the second computing device, a user credential of the first computing device.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein said sending comprises:

sending, via an NFC component or a Bluetooth component of the first computing device to the second computing device, a location where a cloud storage service stores a copy of system data of the first computing device such that the second computing device can restore a system state of the first computing device on the second computing device.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the user credential is transmitted from the first computing device to the second computing device such that the second computing device can restore a system state of the first computing device without a need of receiving a password associated with the user credential.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the system data includes contacts information, audios, videos, images, applications, or application running states.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the second computing device has an application for restoring the system state running on the second computing device.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the second computing device restores a system state of the first computing device on the second computing device such that the second computing device serves as a guest-mode instance of the first computing device;

and

wherein the transmitted user credential is a temporary user credential.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 15, wherein the temporary user credential expires after a predetermined time period or expires after a predetermined system event in the second computing device.

17. A computing device comprising:

a processor;

a storage component configured to store system data of the computing device; and

a network component configured to communicate with a cloud storage service; and

a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to perform a process including;

detecting that a target computing device is in proximity to the first computing device;

transmitting, to the target computing device, a user credential of the computing device; and

sending, from the computing device to the cloud storage service, an instruction for the cloud storage service to send a copy of system data to the target computing device such that the target computing device can restore a system state of the computing device;

wherein the copy of the system data are backed up in the cloud storage service.

18. The computing device of claim 17, further comprising:

a near field communication (NFC) component configured to generate a signal indicative that the target computing device is in proximity to the NFC component of the first computing device.

19. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the NFC component is further configured to transmit the user credential to the target computing device.

20. The computing device of claim 17, further comprising:

a Bluetooth component configured to transmit the user credential to the target computing device.

21. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the instruction is sent by a NFC component, a WiFi component or a Bluetooth component of the computing device.

22. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the process further includes:

deleting the user credential and the system data from the computing device after receiving a confirmation that the target computing device has restored a system state of the computing device.

23. A computing device comprising:

a processor;

a near field communication (NFC) component configured to detect that the a source computing device is in proximity to the NFC component of the computing device;

a network component configured to communicate with a cloud storage service; and

a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to perform a process including;

detecting that the source computing device is in proximity to the NFC component of the computing device;

receiving, from the source computing device, a user credential of the source computing device; and

retrieving, from the cloud storage service, a copy of system data of the source computing device; and

restoring a system state of the source computing device on the computing device, using the user credential and the system data.

24. The computing device of claim 23, wherein the process further includes:

receiving an instruction to download the copy of the system data of the source computing device from the cloud storage service;

wherein the instruction is received from the source computing device or the cloud storage service.

25. The computing device of claim 23, wherein the user credential is received via the NFC component of the computing device.

26. The computing device of claim 23, further comprising:

a Bluetooth component configured to receive the user credential form the source computing device.

27. The computing device of claim 23, wherein the computing device is a new or refreshed device that contains no user credential.

28. An apparatus comprising:

means for detecting that another computing device is in proximity to the apparatus;

means for receiving at least one user credential from the other computing device; and

means for confirming the user credential;

means for synchronizing system data of the apparatus with system data of the other computing device via a server after confirming that the user credential is valid.

29. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein a near field communication (NFC) component of the apparatus is configured to detect that the other computing device is in proximity to the apparatus, and to receive at least one user credential from the other computing device.