US 9,317,275 B2Granted

Computer system and program restoring method thereof

AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

InventorsJong-hwa Lee, Jae-hwan Kim, Min-hyung Lee

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Abstract

Disclosed are a computer system storing with a restoration program and a method of updating the restoration program, the computer system including: a first storage unit in which a predetermined program is installed, a second storage unit in which a restoration program corresponding to the program is stored, a communication unit which communicates with an external server, a user input unit, and a controller which stores an update file corresponding to the program received from the external server in the first storage unit, and updates the program installed in the first storage with the update file, the controller updating the restoration program of the second storage unit with the update file of the first storage unit if receiving a certain key input through the user input unit, and restoring the program on the basis of the updated restoration program.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A computer device comprising:

a communication unit which communicates with a server;
and
a storage unit comprising a first storage area as a main partition in which at least one program and a management program are installed, and a second storage area as a hidden partition in which a restoration program configured to restore the program is stored, the management program configured to manage the restoration program,
wherein the hidden partition is not recognized by a first operating system as a normal drive and is accessed using a separate virtual file system interface;
wherein the management program receives a list of up-to-date programs through the communication unit from the server and selects at least one of the restoration program among a pre-stored restoration program list based on the received list of up-to-date programs, and
wherein the computer device boots a second operating system after receiving a restoration key through user input, compares program lists of the first storage area and the second storage area, and when the program lists are not the same, restores program files in the first storage area with the restoration programs in the second storage area.

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A control method of a computer device including a storage unit comprising a first storage area as a main partition in which at least one program and a management program are installed and a second storage area as a hidden partition in which a restoration program configured to restore the program is stored, the control method by the management program comprising:

receiving a list of up-to-date programs from a server communicating with the computer device;
selecting at least one of the restoration program among a pre-stored restoration program list based on the received list of up-to-date programs;
wherein the hidden partition is not recognized by a first operating system as a normal drive and is accessed using a separate virtual file system interface;
and
wherein the computer device boots a second operating system after receiving a restoration key through user input, compares program lists of the first storage area and the second storage area, and when the program lists are not the same, restores program files in the first storage area with the restoration programs in the second storage area.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.