Restore manager

• US 9,053,061 B2
• Filed: 04/07/2010
• Issued: 06/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Carbonite LLC (Open Text Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Carbonite Incorporated (Open Text Corporation)
• Inventors: James, Martyn Roland, Brown, Andrew Peter, Mcisaac, Jessica Ann, Stapp, Michael Edward, Morgan, Robert Ian
• Primary Examiner(s): Perveen, Rehanna
• Assistant Examiner(s): BUI, THUY T
• Application Number:
  US13/639,086
• Publication Number:
  US 20130066839A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,889 Days
• Field of Search: 707/679
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1456 Hardware arrangements for backup
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1464 for networked environments
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1469 Backup restoration techniques

Abstract

The restore of user data techniques include a method, a system, a device and/or a computer program product. In some embodiments of these techniques, the method includes receiving user selection for restoring backed up user data to a client device. The method further includes receiving backed up user data from a server based on the user selection. The method further includes determining file location for a file in the received backed up user data based on the user selection and a parameter associated with the client device. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.

Claims

1. A method for restoring backed up user data, the method comprising:

receiving, by a restore manager executed by a client device having a first operating system, a user selection for restoring backed up user data to the client device comprising a user selected order for restoring files;

receiving, by the restore manager, backed up user data from a server based on the user selection and according to the user selected order, the backed up user data comprising a file and a first file location of the file on a source device having a second operating system;

determining, by the restore manager, a second file location for the file in the received backed up user data based on the user selection and the first operating system of the client device, responsive to the first operating system being different from the second operating system; and

storing, by the restore manager, the file in the second file location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user selected order includes a file to restore first.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user selected order includes a file type schedule.

4. A client device, comprising:

a processor executing a first operating system and a restore manager that when executed by the processor, causes the client device to;

receive a user selection for restoring backed up user data to the client device comprising a user selected order for restoring files;

receive backed up user data from a server based on the user selection and according to the user selected order, the backed up user data comprising a file and a first file location of the file on a source device having a second operating system; and

determine a second file location for the file in the received backed up user data based on the user selection and at least one parameter associated with the client device comprising the first operating system of the client device, responsive to the first operating system being difference from the second operating system, and

store the file in the second file location.

5. The client device of claim 4, wherein the user selected order includes a file to restore first.

6. The client device of claim 4, wherein the user selected order includes a file type schedule.

7. The client device of claim 4, wherein the at least one parameter further comprises a mapping of one or more users of the source device associated with the backed up user data to one or more different users of the client device.

8. The client device of claim 7, wherein the restore manager is further configured to create a user account for a new user, responsive to the mapping comprising a mapping of one or more users of the source device associated with the backed up user data to the new user.

9. The client device of claim 7, wherein the restore manager is further configured to map a user of the source device to a user of the client device with a non-matching user name.

10. The client device of claim 7, wherein the restore manager is further configured to map a domain user of the source device to a local user of the client device with a name matching the domain user name of the domain user.

11. The client device of claim 7, wherein the restore manager is further configured to map a user of the source device to a user of the client device with a phonetically matching name.