Manipulating Electronic Backups
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsEric Weiss, Pavel Cisler, Peter McInerney, Dominic Giampaolo
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for storing and restoring digital data. In some implementations, a method is provided. The method includes initiating a backup operation of data including a plurality of items, interrupting the backup operation, where interrupting occurs after a portion of the data has been completed, receiving an input to resume the backup operation, identifying a previously completed portion of the backup data, and performing a backup of a remaining uncompleted portion of the backup data. Other embodiments of this aspect include corresponding systems, apparatus, computer program products, and computer readable media.
Claims13
A method comprising:
- initiating a backup operation;
- determining whether a partially completed backup exists;
- when a partially completed backup exists, determining whether to resume the partially completed backup;
- and
- completing the backup using the partially completed backup when resuming the partially completed backup.
A computer program product, encoded on a computer-readable medium, operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:
- initiating a backup operation;
- determining whether a partially completed backup exists;
- when a partially completed backup exists, determining whether to resume the partially completed backup;
- and
- completing the backup using the partially completed backup when resuming the partially completed backup.
A system comprising:
- one or more processors configured to perform operations including:
- initiating a backup operation;
- determining whether a partially completed backup exists;
- when a partially completed backup exists, determining whether to resume the partially completed backup;
- and
- completing the backup using the partially completed backup when resuming the partially completed backup.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.