Smartphone Management System and Method

• US 20110306326A1
• Filed: 06/02/2011
• Published: 12/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fidelithon Systems LLC
• Original Assignee: Fidelithon Systems LLC
• Inventors: Reed, Robert F., Allan, Kevin R.
• Granted Patent: US 9,386,098 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1461 Backup scheduling policy
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1464 for networked environments
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1469 Backup restoration techniques
• 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 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]

Abstract

A mobile device management system is described for managing files that are locally generated or stored on the mobile device in a cloud environment. The mobile device is configured with a phone application module, a menu module, and a web browser module to conduct a backup operation of the files on the mobile device to a cloud through a network. The cloud comprises a web server, an authentication server, and a secure storage for authenticating the mobile user'"'"'s access to the cloud, and provide a secure connection to backup the files from the mobile device to the secure storage of the cloud. The mobile device can also upload the files from the mobile device to secure storage of the cloud, which alleviates the burden of carrying a large amount of files on the file storage of the mobile device. In the upload operation, the mobile device deletes the files that have been uploaded to the cloud.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for managing files on a mobile device, comprising:

determining if an upload calculation value on the mobile device is greater than or equal to a predetermined upload parameter;

if the upload calculation value is greater than or equal to the predetermined upload parameter, executing an upload operation in uploading files from the mobile device to a secure storage on a cloud provider; and

upon successful completion of the upload operation, deleting the files on the mobile device that has been uploaded to the secure storage on the cloud.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, prior to the determining step, comprises setting a default value for the predetermined upload parameter.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, prior to the determining step, comprises entering a value for the predetermined upload parameter if there is no default setting.

4. A method for managing files on a mobile device, comprising

determining if a backup calculation value on the mobile device is greater than or equal to a predetermined backup parameter;

and

if the backup calculation value is greater than or equal to the predetermined backup parameter, executing a backup operation of files from the mobile device to a secure storage on a cloud.

5. The method as recited in claim 4, after the executing step, further comprising sending a notification to the phone upon successful completion of the backup operation.

6. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein the backup operation comprises a full backup operation.

7. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein the backup operation comprises an incremental backup operation.

8. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein the backup operation comprises a snapshot backup operation.

9. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein the information comprises data files and software applications.

10. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein the files comprises any types of electronic information including data, text files, graphic files, music files, video files, e-mail, personal profile, social networking profiles, software applications, and operating systems.

11. A mobile system for managing information, comprising:

a communication interface configured to send files from a mobile device to a secure storage on a cloud provider;

an upload module configured to determining if an upload calculation value on the mobile device is greater than or equal to a predetermined upload parameter;

if the upload calculation value is greater than or equal to the predetermined upload parameter, the upload module configured to execute an upload operation in sending files from the mobile device to the secure storage on the cloud provider; and

upon successful completion of the upload operation, the upload module configured to delete the files on the mobile device that has been uploaded to the secure storage on the cloud.

12. A mobile device management system, comprising:

a network;

a mobile device having a memory for storing files, and a phone module; and

a cloud provider, communicatively coupled to the mobile device through the network, the mobile device initiating an upload operation in uploading the files from the mobile device to the cloud provider, the mobile device deleting the files upon the completion of uploading the files to the cloud provider.

13. The system as recited in claim 12, wherein the mobile device comprises a smartphone, a tablet, or a watch.

14. The system as recited in claim 12, wherein the cloud provider comprises a web server.

15. The system as recited in claim 12, wherein the cloud provider comprises an authentication server, coupled to the web server, for authenticating a user information of the mobile device.

16. The system as recited in claim 14, wherein the cloud provider comprises a secure server, coupled to the web server, having a file storage for storing files that have been uploaded from the mobile device.

17. The system as recited in claim 16, further comprising a computer, communicatively coupled to the cloud, for accessing the user'"'"'s files on the secure storage of the cloud.

18. The system as recited in claim 16, further comprising an automobile, communicatively coupled to the cloud, for accessing the user'"'"'s files on the secure storage of the cloud.

19. The system as recited in claim 16, further comprising a television, communicatively coupled to the cloud, for accessing the user'"'"'s files on the secure storage of the cloud.

20. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium structured to store instructions executable by a processor in a mobile device, the instructions, when executed cause the processor to:

a determination module for determining if an upload parameter on a mobile device is greater than or equal to a predetermined value;

an execution module, if the upload parameter is greater than or equal to the predetermined value, executing an upload operation of information on the mobile device to a cloud storage; and

a removal module, upon successful completion of the upload operation, deleting information on the mobile device that has been uploaded into the cloud storage.