External repair of a computer

• US 20020194533A1
• Filed: 06/23/2002
• Published: 12/19/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vir2us, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Self Repairing Computers Incorporated
• Inventors: More, Anthony B., Largman, Kenneth, Blair, Jeffrey
• Granted Patent: US 7,100,075 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/13
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1417 Boot up procedures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1451 by selection of backup contents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1456 Hardware arrangements for backup
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1469 Backup restoration techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/566 Dynamic detection, i.e. detection performed at run-time, e.g. emulation, suspicious activities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6209 to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope, encrypted and accessed using a key, or with access control rules appended to the object itself
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/034 Test or assess a computer or a system

Abstract

The invention may back up or recover a computing device. The computing device may include a user computing environment and a supporting environment which stabilizes and functionality of the user computing environment. The invention may include one or more external devices or removable media.

Claims

1. A computer system that repairs itself using an external data storage device.