Methods and apparatus for multi-phase restore

• US 9,317,369 B2
• Filed: 03/11/2015
• Issued: 04/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Freedman, Gordon J., McNeil, Kenneth B., Schmidt, Edward T., Alsina, Thomas, Callender, James
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, KIM T
• Application Number:
  US14/645,088
• Publication Number:
  US 20150254137A1
• Time in Patent Office: 405 Days
• Field of Search: 707/609, 707/679
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1402 Saving, restoring, recovering or retrying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1451 by selection of backup contents
• 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: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/80 Database-specific techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/84 Using snapshots, i.e. a logical point-in-time copy of the data

Abstract

Methods and apparatus to identify at least a first portion and a second portion of resources to restore to a device are described. The first portion of the resources may be restored atomically to the device before the second portion of the resources. The device may not respond to at least one user input during the restoration of the first portion of the resources. If the restoring of the first portion is successful, the second portion of the resources may be restored. The device may respond to the user input during the restoring of the second portion of the resources.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

obtaining, by a computing device, one or more usage statistics associated with one or more resources installed on the computing device;

backing up, by the computing device, the one or more resources to a plurality of backup storage devices, wherein the one or more resources comprise a first resource that is backed up to a first backup storage device of the plurality of storage devices and a second resource that is backed up to a second backup storage device of the plurality of storage devices;

determining, by the computing device, a current location of the computing device;

determining, by the computing device, an order for restoring the one or more resources, wherein the order is determined based on;

the one or more usage statistics associated with the first resource and the second resource, and

a proximity of the first backup storage device and the second backup storage device to the current location of the computing device; and

restoring, by the computing device, the one or more resources from the plurality of backup storage devices according to the order.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more usage statistics include a usage count for each resource, and the method further comprises:

determining the order for restoring the one or more resources based on the respective usage count for each resource.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more usage statistics include a usage frequency for each resource, and the method further comprises:

determining the order for restoring the one or more resources based on the respective usage frequency for each resource.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more usage statistics include usage times for each resource, and the method further comprises:

determining the order for restoring the one or more resources based on how recently each resource was used.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more resources include one or more applications installed on the computing device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more resources include one or more files stored on the computing device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein determining the order for restoring an application is based on the one or more usage statistics for the one or more files associated with the application.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

while restoring the one or more resources to the computing device, dynamically adjusting the order for restoring the one or more resources based on user input received with respect to at least one resource of the one or more resources to be restored.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform steps that include:

obtaining, by a computing device, one or more usage statistics associated with one or more resources installed on the computing device;

backing up, by the computing device, the one or more resources to a plurality of backup storage devices, wherein the one or more resources comprise a first resource that is backed up to a first backup storage device of the plurality of storage devices and a second resource that is backed up to a second backup storage device of the plurality of storage devices;

determining, by the computing device, a current location of the computing device;

determining, by the computing device, an order for restoring the one or more resources, wherein the order is determined based on;

the one or more usage statistics associated with the first resource and the second resource, and

a proximity of the first backup storage device and the second backup storage device to the current location of the computing device; and

restoring, by the computing device, the one or more resources from the plurality of backup storage devices according to the order.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the one or more usage statistics include a usage count for each resource, and the steps further include:

determining the order for restoring the one or more resources based on the respective usage count for each resource.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the one or more usage statistics include a usage frequency for each resource, and the steps further include:

determining the order for restoring the one or more resources based on the respective usage frequency for each resource.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the one or more usage statistics include usage times for each resource, and the steps further include:

determining the order for restoring the one or more resources based on how recently each resource was used.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the one or more resources include one or more applications installed on the computing device.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the one or more resources include one or more files stored on the computing device.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein determining the order for restoring an application is based on the one or more usage statistics for the one or more files associated with the application.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the steps further include:

while restoring the one or more resources to the computing device, dynamically adjusting the order for restoring the one or more resources based on user input received with respect to at least one resource of the one or more resources to be restored.

17. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform steps that include;

obtaining, by a computing device, one or more usage statistics associated with one or more resources installed on the computing device;

backing up, by the computing device, the one or more resources to a plurality of backup storage devices, wherein the one or more resources comprise a first resource that is backed up to a first backup storage device of the plurality of storage devices and a second resource that is backed up to a second backup storage device of the plurality of storage devices;

determining, by the computing device, a current location of the computing device;

determining, by the computing device, an order for restoring the one or more resources, wherein the order is determined based on;

the one or more usage statistics associated with the first resource and the second resource, and

a proximity of the first backup storage device and the second backup storage device to the current location of the computing device; and

restoring, by the computing device, the one or more resources from the plurality of backup storage devices according to the order.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the one or more usage statistics include a usage count for each resource, and the steps further include:

determining the order for restoring the one or more resources based on the respective usage count for each resource.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the one or more usage statistics include a usage frequency for each resource, and the steps further include:

determining the order for restoring the one or more resources based on the respective usage frequency for each resource.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the one or more usage statistics include usage times for each resource, and the steps further include:

determining the order for restoring the one or more resources based on how recently each resource was used.

21. The system of claim 17, wherein the one or more resources include one or more applications installed on the computing device.

22. The system of claim 17, wherein the one or more resources include one or more files stored on the computing device.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein determining the order for restoring an application is based on the one or more usage statistics for the one or more files associated with the application.

24. The system of claim 17, wherein the steps further include:

while restoring the one or more resources to the computing device, dynamically adjusting the order for restoring the one or more resources based on user input received with respect to at least one resource of the one or more resources to be restored.