Mobile access to backup and recovery services
AssigneeEMC Corporation
InventorsTom Frencel, Suavek Zajac
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Abstract
Providing access to a backup application is disclosed. A request to access a service associated with a backup application is received via a mobile telecommunication network from a client running on the mobile telecommunication device. The backup application is communicated with on behalf of the client running on the mobile telecommunication device to provide access to the service associated with a backup application.
Claims29
A method of providing access to a backup application comprising:
- receiving via a mobile telecommunication network from a client running on a mobile telecommunication device a request to access a service associated with a backup application, wherein the client is loaded onto the mobile telecommunication device, runs on an operating system of the mobile telecommunication device, and is configured to exchange and display information associated with accessing the service associated with the backup application;
- determining information to be exchanged with the backup application in order to provide access to the service associated with the backup application;
- and
- communicating, on behalf of the client running on the mobile telecommunication device, with the backup application, including by exchanging with the backup application the determined information, to provide access to the service associated with the backup application.
A system for providing access to a backup application comprising:
- a communication interface configured to receive via a mobile telecommunication network from a client running on a mobile telecommunication device a request to access a service associated with a backup application, wherein the client is loaded onto the mobile telecommunication device, runs on an operating system of the mobile telecommunication device, and is configured to exchange and display information associated with accessing the service associated with the backup application;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- determine information to be exchanged with the backup application in order to provide access to the service associated with the backup application;
- and
- communicate, on behalf of the client running on the mobile telecommunication device, with the backup application, including by exchanging with the backup application the determined information, to provide access to the service associated with the backup application.
A computer program product for providing access to a backup application, the computer program product being embodied in a tangible computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:
- receiving via a mobile telecommunication network from a client running on a mobile telecommunication device a request to access a service associated with a backup application, wherein the client is loaded onto the mobile telecommunication device, runs on an operating system of the mobile telecommunication device, and is configured to exchange and display information associated with accessing the service associated with the backup application;
- determining information to be exchanged with the backup application in order to provide access to the service associated with the backup application;
- and
- communicating, on behalf of the client running on the mobile telecommunication device, with the backup application, including by exchanging with the backup application the determined information, to provide access to the service associated with the backup application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.