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Emergency backup system, method and program product therefor

  • US 6,496,949 B1
  • Filed: 08/06/1999
  • Issued: 12/17/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/06/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An emergency backup system for backing up data on one or more computers located in an identified danger zone, said backup system comprising:

  • a network of computers at distributed locations;

    at least one sensor at one or more of said locations coupled to at least one local computer connected to said network, said sensor sensing the occurrence of an emergency and transmitting an emergency signal in response to said sensed emergency; and

    at least one receiver at a remote location coupled to a remote computer connected to said network, said receiver receiving said emergency signal, said remote computer having sufficient available storage to store selected data from said local computer, said local computer transferring data to said remote computer further in response to said emergency signal.

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