Backup and restoring instant messages
First Claim
1. A wireless mobile communication device comprising:
- a wireless mobile communication system configured to communicate wirelessly over a network communication system;
an internal storage system configured to;
selectively store, delete, and restore instant messages, the instant messages including short message service (SMS) messages and multimedia messaging service (MMS) messages; and
generate a user interface configured to;
allow a user of the wireless mobile communication device to provide an input related to selection of one or more stored instant messages for backing up within an external computer storage device including an email server based on at least a name of a sender of the one or more instant messages, wherein the sender of the one or more instant messages is different than the wireless mobile communication device;
allow the user to delete the selected one or more stored instant messages from the internal storage system; and
allow the user to restore one or more stored instant messages that have been backed up within the external computer storage device prior to being deleted from the internal storage system; and
a processing system configured to;
receive the input related to selection of the one or more instant messages based on the user input;
select the one or more instant messages to be backed up within the external computer storage device, based on the user input;
generate, for each of the selected instant messages, an email message wherein the selected instant message is included as part of the email message, the email message being delivered to and stored within the email server;
obtain each of the selected one or more instant messages, that were backed up within the external computer storage device and deleted from the internal storage system from the respective delivered email message; and
selectively restore each obtained instant message as an instant message within the internal storage system of the wireless mobile communication device according to predefined criteria relating to the delivered instant messages that are selectively restored.
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Abstract
A wireless mobile communication device may allow a user to select one or more stored instant messages for backing up. The selected instant messages may be delivered to and stored within a computer storage system which is external to the wireless mobile communication device. Each selected instant messages may be delivered to and stored within an email server as part of an email message. One or more of the selected instant messages may be deleted from the internal computer storage system after being delivered to the external computer storage system. The user may specify a schedule for the backing up and/or the deleting. The user may select one or more of the backed-up instant messages that are stored in the external computer storage system for restoring on the wireless mobile communication device.
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21 Claims
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1. A wireless mobile communication device comprising:
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a wireless mobile communication system configured to communicate wirelessly over a network communication system; an internal storage system configured to; selectively store, delete, and restore instant messages, the instant messages including short message service (SMS) messages and multimedia messaging service (MMS) messages; and generate a user interface configured to; allow a user of the wireless mobile communication device to provide an input related to selection of one or more stored instant messages for backing up within an external computer storage device including an email server based on at least a name of a sender of the one or more instant messages, wherein the sender of the one or more instant messages is different than the wireless mobile communication device; allow the user to delete the selected one or more stored instant messages from the internal storage system; and allow the user to restore one or more stored instant messages that have been backed up within the external computer storage device prior to being deleted from the internal storage system; and a processing system configured to; receive the input related to selection of the one or more instant messages based on the user input; select the one or more instant messages to be backed up within the external computer storage device, based on the user input; generate, for each of the selected instant messages, an email message wherein the selected instant message is included as part of the email message, the email message being delivered to and stored within the email server; obtain each of the selected one or more instant messages, that were backed up within the external computer storage device and deleted from the internal storage system from the respective delivered email message; and selectively restore each obtained instant message as an instant message within the internal storage system of the wireless mobile communication device according to predefined criteria relating to the delivered instant messages that are selectively restored. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A wireless mobile communication device comprising:
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a wireless mobile communication system configured to communicate wirelessly over a network communication system; an internal storage system configured to selectively store, delete, and restore instant messages, the instant messages including short message service (SMS) messages and multimedia messaging service (MMS) messages; a user interface configured to receive an input from a user to enable selection of one or more instant messages, which have been stored in the wireless mobile communication device, from among a plurality of instant messages backed up within an external computer storage device including an email server based on at least a name of the sender of the one or more instant messages, wherein the sender of the one or more instant messages is different than the wireless mobile communication device, each of the backed up instant messages being delivered by the wireless mobile communication device and stored within the email server as part of an email message; and a processing system configured to cause each of the selected one or more instant messages to be delivered from the email server as a respective delivered email message to the wireless mobile communication device, wherein the processing system is configured to obtain each of the selected one or more instant messages from the respective delivered email message and selectively restore each obtained instant message as an instant message within the internal storage system of the wireless mobile communication device according to predefined criteria relating to the delivered instant messages that are selectively restored. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A wireless mobile communication device comprising:
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an internal storage system configured to selectively store, delete, and restore instant messages in the internal storage system of the wireless mobile communication device, the instant messages including short message service (SMS) messages and multimedia messaging service (MMS) messages; a user interface configured to receive from a user of the wireless mobile communication device a schedule for backing up one or more of the stored instant messages based on at least a name of the sender of the one or more of the instant messages, wherein the sender of the one or more instant messages is different than the wireless mobile communication device; and a processing system configured to (1) cause the one or more of the stored instant messages to be delivered to and stored within an external computer storage system including an email server over a network communication system as backed up copies of the stored instant messages, by generating, for each of the one or more stored instant messages, an email message wherein the stored instant message is included as part of the email message, the email message being delivered to and stored within the email server and (2) obtain each of the one or more of the instant messages that were backed up within the external computer storage system, from the respective delivered email message and selectively restore each obtained instant message as an instant message within the internal storage system of the wireless mobile communication device according to predefined criteria relating to the delivered instant messages that are selectively restored. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a wireless mobile communication device, a composite input from a user of the wireless mobile communication device, via a user interface, wherein the composite input includes selection of one or more instant messages stored in the wireless mobile communication device and a schedule for backing up, based on at least a name of the sender of the one or more of the instant messages, wherein the sender is different than the wireless mobile communication device, the one or more stored instant messages in the wireless mobile communication device being backed up to an external computer storage system including an email server over a network communication system, the instant messages including short message service (SMS) messages and multimedia messaging service (MMS) messages; generating, by the wireless mobile communication device, for each of the one or more stored instant messages, an email message wherein the stored instant message is included as part of the email message; delivering, as the corresponding email message, in accordance with the schedule, each of the one or more stored instant messages from the wireless mobile communication device to the email server, as backed up copies of the stored instant messages; obtaining each of the one or more stored instant messages that were delivered to the external computer storage system including the email server, from the respective delivered email message; and selectively restoring each obtained instant message as an instant message within an internal storage system of the wireless mobile communication device according to predefined criteria relating to the delivered instant messages that are selectively restored. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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