Dock for portable devices
AssigneeI/O Interconnect, Ltd.
InventorGary Kung
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Abstract
Another embodiment of the invention provides a dock for connecting to a portable device. The dock includes a charging module, a backup program and a controller. The controller controls the dock to operate at a first mode or a second mode. When the dock operates at the first mode, the controller controls the charging module to charge the portable device, and when the dock operates at the second mode, the controller controls the charging module to charge the portable device and the backup program is executed to backup data of the portable device simultaneously.
Claims18
A dock for connecting to a portable device, comprising:
- a charging module;
- a backup program;
- and
- a controller to control the dock to operate at a first mode or a second mode, wherein when the dock operates at the first mode, the controller controls the charging module to charge the portable device, and when the dock operates at the second mode, the controller controls the charging module to charge the portable device and the backup program is executed to backup data of the portable device simultaneously.
The dock as claimed in claim 5, wherein when the backup program is executed, the backup program executes the following steps:
- establishing a first transmission path, by the controller, between the dock and the backup server, wherein the first transmission path represents that the dock directly backs up data of the portable device to the backup server;
- establishing a second transmission path, by the controller, between the dock and the backup server, wherein the second transmission path represents that the dock backs up data of the portable device to the backup server via a third party;
- establishing a third transmission path, by the controller, between the dock and the backup server, wherein the third transmission path represents that the dock backs up data of the portable device to the backup server via a router or a wireless access point;
- and
- selecting one of the first transmission path, the second transmission path and the third transmission path according to a select signal.
An electronic system, comprising:
- a portable device;
- and
- a dock for physically connecting to the portable device, wherein the dock comprises:
- a charging module;
- a backup program;
- and
- a controller to control the dock to operate at a first mode or a second mode, wherein when the dock operates at the first mode, the controller controls the charging module to charge the portable device, and when the dock operates at the second mode, the controller controls the charging module to charge the portable device and the backup program is executed to backup data of the portable device simultaneously.
An operation method of a dock, comprising:
- determining whether a log file exists in a portable device;
- backing up files from the portable device to a backup server according to the log file when the log file exists;
- determining to charge the portable device or not according to the log file;
- and
- when the log file does not exist, only charging the portable device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.