Data auto backup system and method

• US 7,600,150 B2
• Filed: 09/23/2006
• Issued: 10/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Wu, Chen-Kuan
• Primary Examiner(s): McCarthy; Christopher S
• Application Number:
  US11/534,643
• Publication Number:
  US 20070220315A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,109 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 714/6.11
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1456 Hardware arrangements for backup

Abstract

A data auto backup system and method is proposed, applicable in a computer system connected with an external storage device for backing up data of the external storage device to the computer system during a power-off state of the computer system. The computer system includes a bus interface, a storage module, an input/output interface, and a power module. The data auto backup system includes: an input unit for inputting a predefined signal; a memory unit for storing a backup program; a detection unit for detecting whether the external storage device is connected with the bus interface and generating a corresponding signal; a processing unit for receiving and processing the corresponding signal so as to generate a first driving signal, and executing the backup program according to the predefined signal so as to generate a second driving signal; and a control unit for receiving the first and second driving signals.

Claims

1. A data auto backup system applicable in a computer system connected with an external storage device for backing up data of the external storage device to the computer system, wherein the computer system comprises a bus interface, a storage module, an input/output interface, and a power module for providing power for the data auto backup system, the data auto backup system comprising:

an input unit for inputting a predefined signal;

a memory unit for storing a backup program;

a detection unit for detecting whether an external storage device is connected with the bus interface of the computer system and generating a signal upon detection;

a processing unit for receiving and processing the signal generated by the detection unit so as to generate a first driving signal, and for executing the backup program of the memory unit according to the predefined signal from the input unit so as to generate a second driving signal; and

a control unit for receiving the first driving signal from the processing unit to make the input/output interface initialize the bus interface and the storage module, and for receiving the second driving signal from the processing unit to cause data of the external storage device to be uploaded to the storage module.

2. The data auto backup system of claim 1, wherein the external storage device is a portable electronic device.

3. The data auto backup system of claim 2, wherein the portable electronic device is one of a digital camera and a digital video camera.

4. The data auto backup system of claim 1, wherein the bus interface is one of a USB interface, an IEEE 1394 interface, a network interface, an IDE interface, a SCSI interface and a SATA interface.

5. The data auto backup system of claim 1, wherein the storage module is a hard disk.

6. A data auto backup method applicable in a computer system connected with an external storage device for backing up data of the external storage device to the computer system, wherein the computer system comprises a bus interface, a storage module, an input/output interface, and a power module for providing power to data auto backup process, the data auto backup method at least comprising the steps of:

(1) storing a backup program;

(2) detecting whether an external storage device is connected with the bus interface of the computer system, and, if connected, going to step (3), otherwise, looping back to step (2);

(3) making the computer system initialize the bus interface and the storage module; and

(4) executing the backup program to make a control unit upload data of the external storage device to the storage module.

7. The data auto backup method of claim 6, wherein the external storage device is a portable electronic device.

8. The data auto backup method of claim 7, wherein the portable electronic device is one of a digital camera and a digital video camera.

9. The data auto backup method of claim 6, wherein the bus interface is one of a USB interface, an IEEE 1394 interface, a network interface, an IDE interface, a SCSI interface and a SATA interface.

10. The data auto backup method of claim 6, wherein the storage module is a hard disk.