US 8,819,471 B2 · Methods and apparatus for power state based backup

Abstract

Methods and apparatus that receive, at a wireless device, power through wire or inductive pad are described. The received power is monitored to back up data from the device to a server in a network through an OTA (over the air) wireless interface. The data is transmitted to the server to back up the data on the device. While backing up the data, whether the power has been removed from the device is determined. The backing up of the data in the device can be terminated automatically and without user request, in response to the determination that the power has been removed.

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Dependent claims

A portable electronic device, comprising:

a memory configured to store information;
a power detector configured to monitor the recharge status of an internal battery during a backup process to back up the information stored in the memory, wherein monitoring includes detecting when recharging of the internal battery has stopped and when recharging of the internal battery has resumed;
a network radio configured to transmit the information to a remote device during the backup process;
and
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a backup management module, the backup management module executed by a processor to automatically, and without user request, terminate the backup process when the recharging of the internal battery has stopped and automatically resume the backup process when the recharging of the internal battery has resumed.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/227,342Filed 7 Sep 2011 · us provisional application

Priority

3 Jun 2011

Published

US 2012/0311366 A16 Dec 2012

Granted

26 Aug 2014

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G06F 1/30
Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof: means for acting in the event of power-supply failure or interruption, e.g. power-supply fluctuations
G06F 11/1458
Point-in-time backing up or restoration of persistent data: management of the backup or restore process
H04L 67/04
Protocols: specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
G06F
Computing and data processing

Methods and apparatus for power state based backup

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Methods and apparatus for power state based backup

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Abstract

Claims27