Apparatus and method for processing a data backup service for use in a mobile terminal

• US 20050050117A1
• Filed: 08/26/2004
• Published: 03/03/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Wei-Jin, Seo, Jeong-Wook
• Granted Patent: US 7,885,931 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality

Abstract

An apparatus and method for processing a data backup service of a mobile terminal. The apparatus and method backs-up data files stored in a mobile terminal in a backup server over a wireless Internet. The backup server is capable of backing-up resource information of the mobile terminal. The apparatus and method comprise a) checking setup backup resources during a backup setup procedure, and attempting to establish a connection to the backup server; b) analyzing category information of data to be transmitted to the backup server after connecting to the backup server, determining the number of references if the data category is equal to data including iterative information, and determining a division interval on the basis of a file size and performing data synchronization if the data category is equal to data including binary data. The apparatus and method further comprise c) separately storing the synchronization data serving as the iterative information and combining the separately-stored results when the synchronization data is determined to be iterative information, or divisionally storing the synchronization data, combining the divisionally-stored results, and transmitting the combined result when the synchronization data is determined to be divisionally-designated data; and d) terminating a backup operation of the mobile terminal when the backup server generates a response signal after the data is transmitted to the backup server.

Claims

1. A method for backing-up data files stored in a mobile terminal in a backup server over a wireless Internet the backup server being capable of backing-up resource information of the mobile terminal, comprising the steps of:

a) checking setup backup resources during a backup setup procedure, and attempting to establish a connection to the backup server;

b) analyzing category information of data to be transmitted to the backup server after connecting to the backup server, determining the number of references if the data category is equal to data including iterative information, and determining a division interval on the basis of a file size and performing data synchronization if the data category is equal to data including binary data;

c) separately storing the synchronization data serving as the iterative information and combining the separately-stored results when the synchronization data is determined to be iterative information, or divisionally storing the synchronization data, combining the divisionally-stored results, and transmitting the combined result when the synchronization data is determined to be divisionally-designated data; and

d) terminating a backup operation of the mobile terminal when the backup server generates a response signal after the data is transmitted to the backup server.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the backup service setup procedure further comprises:

a) checking designated backup resources during a predetermined time, and transmitting a backup service request message to the backup server to transmit the designated backup resources if automatic backup mode is determined; and

b) checking user-defined backup resources, and transmitting a backup service request message to the backup server to transmit the designated backup resources if a manual backup mode is determined.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the data synchronization step (b) further comprises:

b1) determining the number of data to be transmitted to the backup server;

b2) checking category information of the determined data, checking the number of references if the data category is indicative of resources of iterative information, and determining a file size if the data category is indicative of resources having binary data such that a division interval is determined; and

b3) repeating synchronization of all of the checked data by repeating the aforementioned steps (b1) and (b2).

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the resources having the iterative information are indicative of phone number information and E-mail information, and the resources having the division information are indicative of picture information, multimedia information, and character information.

5. A method for controlling a mobile terminal to backup-store an avatar in a backup server over a wireless Internet, the backup server capable of backing-up resource information of the mobile terminal including the avatar for performing an agent function by interacting with a terminal function, comprising the steps of:

a) attempting to establish a connection to the backup server upon receipt of a backup setup request;

b) selecting an avatar to be backup-stored after being connected to the backup server;

c) generating a character transmission file which comprises an avatar header including indication positions and size information of individual animations and a plurality of images of individual animations of the avatar after calculating a file size of the selected avatar;

d) transmitting the generated character transmission file to the backup server; and

e) terminating a backup operation if the backup server generates a response signal after transmitting the character transmission file.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the avatar header information comprises an avatar format, the number of avatar animations, and header information of individual animations, and

the header information of each animation comprises an animation Identification (ID), a start index, the number of animation images, indication positions, and image size fields.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the animation images each include a plurality of animation images indicative of emotional states of the mobile terminal, a plurality of animation images for expressing a variety of emotions corresponding to Short Message Service (SMS) message contents, and a plurality of animation images corresponding to events of the mobile terminal.

8. A method for controlling a mobile terminal to backup-store a character in a backup server over a wireless Internet the backup server being capable of backing-up resource information of the mobile terminal including the character for performing an agent function by interacting with a terminal function, comprising the steps of:

a) attempting to establish a connection to the backup server upon receipt of a backup setup request;

b) determining a category of a character to be backup-stored after being connected to the backup server;

c) calculating a file size of the avatar, and generating a character transmission file which comprises an avatar header including indication positions and size information of individual animations and a plurality of images of individual animations of the avatar if the determined character is equal to an avatar;

d) calculating a file size of the avatar house, and generating a character transmission file which comprises an avatar house header including indication positions of characters each composed of a background image and items and a plurality of character images of the avatar house if the determined character is equal to an avatar house displayed in a standby mode;

e) transmitting the generated character transmission file to the backup server; and

f) terminating a backup operation if the backup server generates a response signal after transmitting the character transmission file.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the avatar header information comprises an avatar format, the number of avatar animations, and header information of individual animations, and

the header information of each animation comprises an animation ID, a start index, the number of animation images, indication positions, and image size fields.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the animation images each include a plurality of animation images indicative of emotional states of the mobile terminal, a plurality of animation images for expressing a variety of emotions corresponding to Short Message Service (SMS) message contents, and a plurality of animation images corresponding to events of the mobile terminal.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein the avatar house header information comprises an avatar house format, the number of avatar animations contained in the avatar house, and animation header information of individual avatar houses,

the animation header information comprises one background image animation header information and a plurality of item header information connected to the avatar house, and

the background image animation header information comprises an animation ID, an indication position of the avatar displayed in the avatar house, and a plurality of image size fields, and each item header information comprises an item index and an indication position field of an item displayed in the avatar house.

12. A method for controlling a mobile terminal to backup-store a character in a backup server over a wireless Internet, the backup server capable of backing-up resource information of the mobile terminal including the character for performing an agent function by interacting with a terminal function, comprising the steps of:

a) attempting to establish a connection to the backup server upon receipt of a backup setup request;

b) determining a category of a character to be backup-stored after being connected to the backup server;

c) if the determined character is equal to an avatar, calculating a file size of the avatar, and generating a character transmission file which comprises an avatar header including indication positions and size information of individual animations and a plurality of images of individual animations of the avatar;

d) calculating a file size of the avatar house, and generating a character transmission file which comprises an avatar house header including indication positions of characters each comprising a background image and items and a plurality of character images of the avatar house if the determined character is equal to an avatar house displayed in a standby mode;

e) calculating a file size of the item, and generating a character transmission file which comprises an item header including the item and an item indication position field and an item image if the determined character is indicative of an item not connected to the avatar house;

f) transmitting the generated character transmission file to the backup server; and

g) terminating a backup operation if the backup server generates a response signal after transmitting the character transmission file.

13. A method for controlling a mobile terminal to backup-store a character in a backup server over a wireless Internet, the backup server capable of backing-up resource information of the mobile terminal including the character for performing an agent function by interacting with a terminal function, comprising the steps of:

a) attempting to establish a connection to the backup server upon receipt of a backup setup request;

b) determining a category of a character to be backup-stored after being connected to the backup server;

c) calculating a file size of the avatar, and generating a character transmission file which comprises an avatar header including indication positions and size information of individual animations and a plurality of images of individual animations of the avatar if the determined character is equal to an avatar;

d) calculating a file size of the avatar house, and generating a character transmission file which comprises an avatar house header including indication positions of characters each comprising a background image and items and a plurality of character images of the avatar house if the determined character is equal to an avatar house displayed in a standby mode;

e) calculating a file size of the item, and generating a character transmission file which comprises an item header including the item and an item indication position field and an item image if the determined character is indicative of an item not connected to the avatar house;

f) calculating a file size of the index variable, and generating an index variable file, which comprises an emotion value of the avatar file, an animation frame displayed in response to a current emotion value, the number of frames, a category of a currently-displayed behavior, and a file index in the form of a character transmission file if the determined character is indicative of an index variable of the avatar file;

g) transmitting the generated character transmission file to the backup server; and

h) terminating a backup operation if the backup server generates a response signal after transmitting the character transmission file.

14. An apparatus for backing-up stored data files by transmitting the stored data files to a backup server, comprising:

a memory adapted to store the stored data files in the apparatus;

a display adapted to display avatar information;

a communication module adapted to communicate with the backup server; and

a controller adapted to check setup backup resources during a backup setup procedure, establish a connection to the backup server, analyze category information of data to be transmitted to the backup server after connecting to the backup server, determine the number of references if the data category is equal to data including iterative information, determine a division interval on the basis of a file size and perform data synchronization if the data category is equal to data including binary data, separately store the synchronization data serving as the iterative information and combine the separately-stored results when the synchronization data is determined to be iterative information, or divisionally store the synchronization data, combine the divisionally-stored results, and transmit the combined result when the synchronization data is determined to be divisionally-designated data, and terminate a backup operation of the mobile terminal when the backup server generates a response signal after the data is transmitted to the backup server.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the controller is further adapted to check designated backup resources during a predetermined time, transmit a backup service request message to the backup server to transmit the designated backup resources if automatic backup mode is determined, check user-defined backup resources, and transmit a backup service request message to the backup server to transmit the designated backup resources if a manual backup mode is determined.

16. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the controller is further adapted to determine the number of data to be transmitted to the backup server, check category information of the determined data, check the number of references if the data category is indicative of resources of iterative information, determine a file size if the data category is indicative of resources having binary data such that a division interval is determined, and repeating synchronization of all of the checked data by repeating the checking and determining.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the resources having the iterative information are indicative of phone number information and E-mail information, and the resources having the division information are indicative of picture information, multimedia information, and character information.