METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BACKUP AND RESTORATION OF COMPUTER AND USER INFORMATION

• US 20100313018A1
• Filed: 09/22/2008
• Published: 12/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sreg International AB
• Original Assignee: Sreg International AB
• Inventors: Jörgensen, Michael
• Application Number:
  US12/679,127
• Publication Number:
  US 20100313018A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/168
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1446 Point-in-time backing up or restoration of persistent data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/603 Digital right managament [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/32 including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system or for message authentication, e.g. authorization, entity authentication, data integrity or data verification, non-repudiation, key authentication or verification of credentials

Abstract

A method for performing backup of computer specific information from a computer is disclosed. The method includes receiving, at a remote server, user authentication data obtainable from a user of the computer; in response to a positive authentication based on the user authentication data, the remote server establishing a communication channel between the computer and the remote server; authenticating, via the communication channel, the computer for use with the server; sending, via the communication channel, a computer specific information collect request from the server to the computer; collecting computer specific information at the computer; encrypting the computer specific information; and sending, via the communication channel, the encrypted computer specific information to the remote server.

Claims

1. Method for performing backup of computer specific information from a computer comprising:

receiving, at a remote server, user authentication data obtainable from a user of the computer;

in response to a positive authentication based on the user authentication data, the remote server establishing a communication channel between the computer and the remote server;

authenticating, via the communication channel, the computer for use with the server;

sending, via the communication channel, a computer specific information collect request from the server to the computer;

collecting computer specific information at the computer;

encrypting the computer specific information; and

sending, via the communication channel, the encrypted computer specific information to the remote server.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the server sends an acknowledgement to the user when the computer specific information has been received by the remote server.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in response to the computer specific information collect request the computer requesting a confirmation from the user.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the confirmation is encrypted by a private encryption key.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the confirmation comprises user authentication data for the computer.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the authenticating of the computer for use with the server comprises the computer sending a message encrypted with a private key and the remote server decrypting the message with a corresponding public key.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the computer authenticates the remote server.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the authenticating of the remote server comprises the server sending a message encrypted with a private key and the computer decrypting the message with a corresponding public key.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the collecting and encrypting of the user data is performed in an internal memory of the computer.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the internal memory is a solid state memory.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the internal memory is a volatile memory.

12. The method according to claim 9, wherein the computer specific information is deleted from the internal memory after the computer specific information has been sent to the remote server.

13. The method for restoring computer specific information to a computer comprising:

receiving, at a remote server, user authentication data obtainable from a user of the computer;

in response to a positive authentication based on the user authentication data, the remote server establishing a communication channel between the computer and the remote server;

authenticating, via the communication channel, the computer for use with the server;

sending, via the communication channel, a computer specific information restore initiation request from the server to the computer;

sending, via the communication channel, encrypted computer specific information to the computer;

decrypting the computer specific information at the computer; and

restoring the computer specific information to the computer.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the computer sends an acknowledgement to the user when the computer specific information has been received by the computer.

15. The method according to claim 13, wherein in response to the computer specific information collect request the computer requesting a confirmation from the user.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the confirmation is encrypted by means of a private encryption key.

17. The method according to claim 13, wherein the authenticating of the computer for use with the server comprises the computer sending a message encrypted with a private key and the remote server decrypting the message with a corresponding public key.

18. The method according to claim 13, wherein the computer authenticates the remote server.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein the authenticating of the remote server comprises the server sending a message encrypted with a private key, and the computer decrypting the message with a corresponding public key.

20. The method according to claim 13, wherein the decrypting of the computer specific information is performed in an internal memory.

21. The method according to claim 20, wherein the internal memory is a solid state memory.

22. The method according to claim 20, wherein the internal memory is a volatile memory.

23. The method according to claim 20, wherein the computer specific information is deleted from the internal memory after the computer specific information has been restored to the computer.