Wireless telephone data backup system
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1. A method implemented by a processing device on a wireless telephone for backing up personal information stored in the wireless telephone, comprising:
- presenting a back-up system user account set-up interface on a user interface on the wireless phone, the set-up interface enabling establishment of a back-up service account, and the set-up interface including a display, one or more alphanumerical buttons and one or more soft buttons, different than the alphanumerical buttons, on the wireless phone, the function of the one or more soft buttons on the wireless phone changing, under control of a software application agent on the wireless phone, depending on the content displayed on the display screen;
presenting a backup scheduling interface to the user interface on the wireless phone, the backup scheduling interface accepting user input on a backup schedule, and the backup scheduling interface including a display, one or more alphanumerical buttons and one or more soft buttons, different than the alphanumerical buttons, on the wireless phone, the function of the one or more soft buttons on the wireless phone changing, under control of a software application agent on the wireless phone, depending on the content displayed on the display screen; and
presenting a restore information interface on the user interface on the wireless phone, the restore interface enabling a user to retrieve backup information to a data store on the wireless phone, and the restore information interface including a display, one or more alphanumerical buttons and one or more soft buttons, different than the alphanumerical buttons, on the wireless phone, the function of the one or more soft buttons on the wireless phone changing, under control of a software application agent on the wireless phone, depending on the content displayed on the display screen.
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Abstract
A system for backing up data on a wireless telephone having a data store containing a user'"'"'s personal information. A method and application are provided.
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1. A method implemented by a processing device on a wireless telephone for backing up personal information stored in the wireless telephone, comprising:
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presenting a back-up system user account set-up interface on a user interface on the wireless phone, the set-up interface enabling establishment of a back-up service account, and the set-up interface including a display, one or more alphanumerical buttons and one or more soft buttons, different than the alphanumerical buttons, on the wireless phone, the function of the one or more soft buttons on the wireless phone changing, under control of a software application agent on the wireless phone, depending on the content displayed on the display screen; presenting a backup scheduling interface to the user interface on the wireless phone, the backup scheduling interface accepting user input on a backup schedule, and the backup scheduling interface including a display, one or more alphanumerical buttons and one or more soft buttons, different than the alphanumerical buttons, on the wireless phone, the function of the one or more soft buttons on the wireless phone changing, under control of a software application agent on the wireless phone, depending on the content displayed on the display screen; and presenting a restore information interface on the user interface on the wireless phone, the restore interface enabling a user to retrieve backup information to a data store on the wireless phone, and the restore information interface including a display, one or more alphanumerical buttons and one or more soft buttons, different than the alphanumerical buttons, on the wireless phone, the function of the one or more soft buttons on the wireless phone changing, under control of a software application agent on the wireless phone, depending on the content displayed on the display screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for storing personal information in a wireless telephone in a backup storage database, comprising:
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providing a phone agent including instructions operable by a processor in the phone to implement an automated phone data transmission method capable of regularly transmitting changes to a backup store via a communications link, and a restore method retrieving backup information to a data store on the phone, the agent including a backup service sign-up interface, a backup method scheduling interface and a restore interface, calling the restore method, all provided to a user interface on the phone, the user interface on the phone including a display and one or more buttons on the phone; and responsive to user entry at the restore interface of said agent, providing changes from the backup store to the wireless telephone. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A wireless telephone having a user interface for storing personal information and having a data store backup system, comprising:
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means for creating an automated user account initiated by a user via a user interface on a wireless telephone, the means for creating accessing the back up system using a unique identifier for the user to create a user account on the backup system; means for automatically backing up and transmitting changes to the backup system at user defined intervals; and means for restoring called by the user through a restore interface presented on the user interface of the phone, the means for restoring providing user data to a phone. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A user interface implemented by a processing device on a telephone for backing up personal information stored in a telephone, comprising:
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an account set-up interface on the phone enabling establishment of a back-up service account; a scheduling interface on the phone allowing a user to manually set up a schedule for backing up data on the phone, the scheduling interface including; a display on the phone, alphanumeric buttons on the phone, soft buttons on the phone, different than the alphanumeric buttons, the function of the soft buttons changing depending on what is displayed on the display, and a software application agent on the phone for;
1) controlling what is displayed on the display,
2) controlling the function of the soft buttons, and
3) setting up a back-up schedule when information is sent to a back-up store based on information manually entered into the scheduling interface; anda restore information interface enabling a user to retrieve backup information to a data store on the phone. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A user interface implemented by a processing device on a telephone for backing up personal information stored in a telephone, comprising:
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an account set-up interface on the phone allowing establishment of a back-up service account; a scheduling interface on the phone allowing a user to manually set up a schedule for backing up data on the phone; a restore information interface enabling a user to retrieve backup information to a data store on the phone, one or more of the account-setup interface, scheduling interface and the restore information interface including; a display on the phone, alphanumeric buttons on the phone, soft buttons on the phone, different than the alphanumeric buttons, the function of the soft buttons changing depending on what is displayed on the display, and a software application agent on the phone for;
1) controlling what is displayed on the display, and
2) variably setting the function of the soft buttons.
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50. A user interface implemented by a processing device on a telephone for backing up personal information stored in a telephone, comprising:
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an account set-up interface on the phone enabling establishment of a back-up service account; a scheduling interface on the phone allowing a user to manually set up a schedule for backing up data on the phone; and a restore information interface enabling a user to retrieve backup information to a data store on the phone; one or more of the account-setup interface, scheduling interface and the restore information interface including a display on the phone, the display displaying one or more of words and icons, a user interacting with the user interface by selecting one or more of the words and icons on the display; and a software application agent on the phone for;
1) controlling what is displayed on the display, and
2) controlling backup of personal information based on the selection of one or more of the words and icons on the display.
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