Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

• US 9,037,906 B2
• Filed: 01/09/2013
• Issued: 05/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Taeyong, Lee, Chanwoo, Lee, Jungbin, Kim, Soojin, Kwak, Jaecheol, Shin, Gahee
• Primary Examiner(s): DUNCAN, MARC M
• Application Number:
  US13/737,680
• Publication Number:
  US 20130191686A1
• Time in Patent Office: 860 Days
• Field of Search: 714/2, 714/15
• US Class Current: 714/15
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1448 Management of the data involved in backup or backup restore
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1458 Management of the backup or restore process
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1464 for networked environments
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1469 Backup restoration techniques

Abstract

A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which restoration and backup operations are performed for the mobile terminal. The present invention includes backing up data for at least one application included in a backup target terminal and restoring the data for the at least one application in a restoration target terminal, the restoring including the performing a basic restoration operation on the data related to the at least one application, determining whether a previously provided restoration error occurs in a data restoring process for a specific application among the at least one or more applications, and performing a restoration operation corresponding to the restoration error in accordance with a result of the determining.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

backing up an application and detailed application information of the application stored in a backup target terminal;

restoring the detailed application information other than the application to the restoration target terminal when a same version of the application is already installed on the restoration target terminal; and

restoring the detailed application information other than the application to the restoration target terminal when the application is registered to a white list and when a higher version of the application is already installed on the restoration target terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying an indicator window configured to indicate a process of a restoration operation.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein if the application is not installed on the restoration target terminal when the restoration target terminal is supposed to restore the detailed application information, the method further comprises:

installing the application on the restoration target terminal by downloading the application from an external server, and then

restoring the detailed application information of the application on the restoration target terminal.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein if the application is incompatible with the restoration target terminal, the method further comprises registering the application to a blacklist.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein when the application is registered to the blacklist, the method further comprises:

backing up abstract information of the application is backed up, and

downloading a compatible version of the application to the restoration target terminal from an external server using the abstract information of the application.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the restoration target terminal is identical to the backup target terminal.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the restoration target terminal is configured to operate by a same operating system of a version different from a version of the backup target terminal.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the restoration target terminal is different from the backup target terminal.

9. A mobile terminal set as a restoration target, the mobile terminal comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to receive backup information of an application and detailed application information of the application; and

a controller configured to;

restore the detailed application information other than the application to the restoration target terminal when a same version of the application is already installed on the restoration target terminal; and

restore the detailed application information other than the application to the restoration target terminal when the application is registered to a white list and when a higher version of the application is already installed on the restoration target terminal.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9, further comprising a display, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the display to display an indicator window configured to indicate a process of a restoration operation.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein if the application is not installed on the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal is supposed to restore the detailed application information, the controller is further configured to:

install the application by downloading the application from an external server; and

then

restore the detailed application information of the application.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 9, wherein if the application is incompatible with the mobile terminal, the controller is further configured to:

register the application to a blacklist; and

install a compatible version of the application by downloading the application from an external server.