Employing user-context in connection with backup or restore of data
First Claim
1. A memory having computer-executable instructions stored therein, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed, instruct performance of operations that archive data, the operations comprising:
- identifying data designated for backup;
logging at least one contextual event description as being associated with the data designated for backup, wherein each of the at least one contextual event descriptions includes information regarding an event from a user'"'"'s calendar that is substantially contemporaneous to the logging of the at least one contextual event description;
archiving a current version of the identified data designated for backup to a backup data store; and
archiving a log of at least a portion of the logged at least one contextual event description in association with the archived version of the identified data.
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Abstract
The claimed subject matter relates to architectures for facilitating network-accessible or local backup or restore features in a manner that leverages event-oriented contextual information associated with one or more users of the data to be backed up or restored. In particular, a first restore-based architecture can interface with an associated second backup-based architecture that hosts or maintains a backup data store in order to retrieve a version of the data file that is desired by a user. Additionally, the first architecture can obtain a log of contextual event descriptions that can be aggregated by the second architecture or obtained independently from, e.g., a social networking service or a calendar application associated with the user. Thus, in addition to displaying time and date information associated with the desired version, the first architecture can provide the user with a social context of event from the social services feeds to aid the user in distinguishing between multiple versions of the data file.
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20 Claims
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1. A memory having computer-executable instructions stored therein, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed, instruct performance of operations that archive data, the operations comprising:
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identifying data designated for backup; logging at least one contextual event description as being associated with the data designated for backup, wherein each of the at least one contextual event descriptions includes information regarding an event from a user'"'"'s calendar that is substantially contemporaneous to the logging of the at least one contextual event description; archiving a current version of the identified data designated for backup to a backup data store; and archiving a log of at least a portion of the logged at least one contextual event description in association with the archived version of the identified data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computing device for restoring backed up data, the computing device comprising:
at least one memory and at least one processor that respectively store and execute instructions to; interface with a backup data store having multiple versions of a data file archived therein; receive a set of contextual event descriptions, wherein at least two of the contextual event descriptions of the set each includes information regarding an event from a user'"'"'s calendar and information that correlates that event to a corresponding version of the data file that was backed up in temporal proximity to that event; and output the at least two contextual event descriptions of the set on a display in conjunction with the versions of the data file corresponding thereto. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of restoring backed up data, the method comprising:
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interfacing with a backup data store having multiple versions of a data file archived therein; receiving a set of contextual event descriptions, wherein at least two of the contextual event descriptions of the set each includes information regarding an event from a user'"'"'s calendar and information that correlates that event to a corresponding version of the data file that was backed up in temporal proximity to that event; and outputting, on a display device, the information regarding the events in conjunction with the versions of the data file corresponding thereto. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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