Mobile device snapshot backup

• US 8,694,744 B1
• Filed: 03/31/2010
• Issued: 04/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Emc IP Holding Company LLC (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: EMC Corporation (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Raj, Anand, Suryanarayanan, Rangarajan, Claudatos, Christopher Hercules, Basavaraj, Satish, Fernandes, Joseph Elwin, Sheshadrivasan, Sudhindra M., Visweswaraiah, Deepak
• Primary Examiner(s): Rossiter, Sean D
• Application Number:
  US12/752,069
• Time in Patent Office: 1,469 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 711/162
• 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

Abstract

A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for backing up mobile device data is disclosed. In some embodiments, this includes using a processor to identify a mobile device, creating a snapshot of the mobile device, and storing the created snapshot in a server. In some embodiments, the snapshot includes all of the mobile device data. In some embodiments, the snapshot includes a portion of the mobile device data.

Claims

1. A method for backing up mobile device data, comprising:

using a processor to identify a mobile device;

determining whether to use a server or the mobile device to create a snapshot;

creating a snapshot of the mobile device using the determined device; and

storing the created snapshot in a server, wherein the created snapshot includes non-volatile data and an application state.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the snapshot includes all of the mobile device data.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the snapshot includes a portion of the mobile device data.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein creating a snapshot of the mobile device includes the server creating the snapshot of the mobile device.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein creating a snapshot of the mobile device includes the mobile device creating the snapshot of the mobile device.

6. The method as recited in claim 3, wherein the portion of the mobile device data includes a folder stored in the mobile device.

7. The method as recited in claim 3, wherein the portion of the mobile device data includes every file of the same file type.

9. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the snapshot includes all of the mobile device data.

10. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the snapshot includes a portion of the mobile device data.

11. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein create a snapshot of the mobile device includes the server creating the snapshot of the mobile device.

12. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein create a snapshot of the mobile device includes the mobile device creating the snapshot of the mobile device.

13. The system as recited in claim 10, wherein the portion of the mobile device data includes a folder stored in the mobile device.

14. The system as recited in claim 10, wherein the portion of the mobile device data includes every file of the same file type.

16. The computer program product as recited in claim 1, wherein the snapshot includes all of the mobile device data.

17. The computer program product as recited in claim 1, wherein the snapshot includes a portion of the mobile device data.

18. The computer program product as recited in claim 1, wherein creating a snapshot of the mobile device includes the server creating the snapshot of the mobile device.

19. The computer program product as recited in claim 1, wherein creating a snapshot of the mobile device includes the mobile device creating the snapshot of the mobile device.

20. The computer program product as recited in claim 17, wherein the portion of the mobile device data includes a folder stored in the mobile device.

8. A system for backing up mobile device data, comprising a processor configured to:

identify a mobile device;

determine whether to use a server or the mobile device to create a snapshot;

create a snapshot of the mobile device using the determined device; and

store the created snapshot in a server, wherein the created snapshot includes non-volatile data and an application state.

15. A computer program product for backing up mobile device data, comprising a computer usable medium having machine readable code embodied therein for:

identifying a mobile device;

determining whether to use a server or the mobile device to create a snapshot;

creating a snapshot of the mobile device using the determined device; and

storing the created snapshot in a server, wherein the created snapshot includes non-volatile data and an application state.