CN100579143C - Data backup and recovery method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a data backup method which is suitable for a mobile phone. First, a plurality of backup timing options are displayed, each of the backup timing options specifying a state or time state of the mobile phone. And receiving selection of one of the backup opportunity options. When the mobile phone meets the state designated by the selected option, the data of the mobile phone is automatically backed up to a mobile storage device connected with the mobile phone.

Description

Data backup and restore method

technical field

The invention relates to a computer technology, in particular to a method for data backup and restoration.

Background technique

Along with popularizing of mobile phone, its function also expands gradually from communication function. In terms of information functions, current mobile phones can store address books, short messages, memos, notepads, audio-visual data, and the like. However, the mobile phone may be damaged. When this happens, important information in the mobile phone also disappears thereupon and cannot be answered.

Although some mobile phones can perform data synchronization with a personal computer at present, the computer needs to install corresponding synchronization software. Data synchronization cannot be performed without a computer or synchronization software.

In addition, some companies have public mobile phones. The system settings of mobile phones may need to be changed according to user or environmental factors. It is quite inconvenient to manually change the mobile phone system settings frequently.

Contents of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method for data backup and restoration.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a data backup method suitable for a mobile phone. First, display some backup timing options, and each item specifies a state or time state of the mobile phone; display some backup action options, and each item is used to correspond to a backup program; display some data categories, and are respectively determined by the Processing of several application programs of the mobile phone; receiving selection of one of the above-mentioned backup timing options; receiving selection of one of the above-mentioned several backup action options; receiving selection of one of the above-mentioned several data categories Certainly. When the mobile phone meets the state specified by the selected above option, according to the selected backup action option, to automatically back up the data corresponding to the selected data category in the data of the mobile phone, to connect the above mobile phone on a removable storage device.

In addition, the present invention provides a method for restoring data, which is suitable for a mobile phone. When a mobile storage device is connected, it is automatically searched whether there is backup data of the mobile phone in the mobile storage device. If so, several restore action options for the data are automatically displayed, including a complete replacement option. When the above-mentioned complete replacement option is selected, the data of the mobile phone is cleared, and the above-mentioned backup data is restored to the mobile phone.

Description of drawings

Figure 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a mobile phone;

Fig. 2 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of a data backup method;

Fig. 3 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of a data restoration method;

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram showing data restoration action options;

Figure 5 is a flow chart showing an embodiment of a data restoration method; and

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram showing operation options.

Detailed ways

In the mobile phone 100 shown in FIG. 1 , the processor 1 is coupled to the interface 3 , the storage device 4 , the display 5 , and the input device 6 . The interface 3 is used for connecting the removable storage device 101 .

The removable storage device 101 includes but not limited to the following examples: CF card (Compact Flash, referred to as CF Card), SM card (SmartMedia, referred to as SM), memory stick (Memory Stick), SD card (SecureDigital Card, referred to as SD), multimedia Card (MultiMediaCard, MMC for short), xD-Picture card, and IBM Microdrive. The storage device 4 may be a hard disk, flash memory (flash memory), or other storage devices. The display 5 may be a liquid crystal display (LCD for short), an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED for short) display, or other displays. The input device 6 may include a keyboard, a touch pad, a touch screen, or other input devices. The storage device 4 stores data 40 .

The mobile phone 100 in FIG. 2 executes a data backup method.

When the interface 3 is connected to the removable storage device 101, the processor 1 displays several backup timing options on the display 5 (step S202). The above options include a backup timing option 41, a data type 42 and a backup action option 43 (as shown in FIG. 1).

The backup timing option 41 includes options 11-14, corresponding to different backup timings. For example, option 11 indicates a data backup cycle. The aforementioned data backup period may be various time units (eg, day, week, month), and may be a period set from the input device 6, or a predetermined period. Option 12 specifies backup when the mobile phone 100 receives or transmits a text message. Option 13 specifies that when the mobile phone 100 is turned off for a predetermined time, it will automatically turn on for backup. The aforementioned predetermined time can be preset and stored in the mobile phone 100 , or set by using the input device 6 . Option 14 specifies an automatic backup after the mobile phone 100 is turned on or before it is turned off. Implementations of options 11-14 may utilize input fields, radio buttons, checkboxes, other Graphical user interface (GUI) components, or combinations thereof.

The options of the data category 42 correspond to the categories of the data 40 processed by different programs of the mobile phone 100 respectively. For example, the aforementioned data categories 42 include address book 21 , call log 22 , short message 23 , system setting 24 , note 25 , and memorandum 26 . The address book 21 may contain user names, phone numbers, and email addresses. The call log 22 includes phone numbers and user names of received and missed calls, outgoing calls, etc. The message 23 may include short messages of Short Messaging Services (SMS for short), Enhanced Messaging Services (EMS for short), or Multimedia Messaging Services (MMS for short) sent and received.

System settings 24 can include ringtones and call volume, language mode, time zone, alarm clock, operation mode, voice command, shortcut keys, desktop pattern, default ringtone, incoming call pattern setting, incoming call ringtone setting, and other various settings .

The backup action option 43 includes a move data option 31 , a differential backup option 32 and a data encryption option 33 . The backup actions corresponding to each backup action option 43 will be described later. The actual manipulation of the above options may utilize input fields, selection buttons, check boxes, other GUI components, or combinations thereof. The above options can be used to configure the layout in various ways.

The processor 1 receives from the input device 6 the selection of a backup timing option 41 (step S204 ), the selection of a data type 42 (step S206 ), and the selection of a backup action option 43 (step S208 ).

The processor 1 judges whether the mobile phone 100 meets the status specified by the selected backup timing option 41 (step S210).

When the mobile phone 100 meets the state specified by the selected backup timing option 41, then according to the selected backup action option 43, automatically back up data corresponding to the selected data category 42 in the data 40 to the removable storage device 101 (step S212).

For example, when the option 11 is selected, the processor 1 executes the backup according to the backup period specified by the option 11 . When the option 12 is selected, the processor 1 backs up the data 40 to the mobile storage device 101 when the mobile phone 100 receives or sends a short message.

When option 113 is selected, processor 1 automatically starts mobile phone 100 to backup data 40 to removable storage device 101 when mobile phone 100 is shut down to a predetermined time specified by option 113, and automatically after completing the data backup The mobile phone 100 is turned off. When the option 114 is selected, the processor 1 automatically backs up the data 40 to the removable storage device 101 after the mobile phone 100 is turned on or before it is turned off.

When the mobile data option 31 is selected, the processor 1 deletes the data 40 in the mobile phone 100 after performing the backup.

When the differential backup option 32 is selected, before performing the backup, the processor 1 compares the data difference between the mobile phone 100 and the removable storage device 101 , and stores the data difference in the portable storage device 101 .

When the data encryption option 33 is selected, before performing the backup, the processor 1 displays a password input field on the display 5 and verifies a password received by the password input field. When the above-mentioned password passes the above-mentioned verification, the processor 1 encrypts the data to be backed up from the mobile phone 100 to the mobile storage device 101, and then backs up the data. The above-mentioned data backed up to the above-mentioned storage device conforms to a common format, such as vCard format, including data fields and field marks. Processor 1 encrypts only the data field bits in this format.

In addition, when performing data backup, the processor 1 can divide the backup data into different versions according to the backup time, and can provide different versions for performing data restoration when restoring data.

FIG. 3 shows the mobile phone 100 performing a data restoration method.

When the interface 3 is connected to the mobile storage device 101 (step S302), the processor 1 automatically searches whether there is backup data of the mobile phone 100 in the mobile storage device 101 (step S304).

If so, the processor 1 automatically displays the data restoration action options on the display 5 (step S306). Referring to FIG. 4 , the restore action option 45 includes a complete replace option 51 and a data merge option 52 .

The processor 1 determines whether the backup data 102 in the removable storage device 101 is encrypted (step S308 ). If not, the processor 1 directly executes step S316. If so, receive a password (step S310 ) and verify whether the password is correct (step S312 ) before the above-mentioned recovery action option is activated. When the password is verified, the processor 1 decrypts the backup data 102 (step S314). The backup data 102 may contain different versions of the backup data, and the processor 1 may display the different versions on the display 5, and may even provide a preview function of the different versions of the backup data.

Next, the processor 1 receives the selection of the restoration action option (step S316 ), and executes the restoration step corresponding to the restoration action option (step S318 ). Referring to FIG. 5 to illustrate step S318.

Processor 1 determines the selected restoration action option (step S402). When the completely replace option 51 is selected, the processor 1 clears the data of the mobile phone 100 (step S404), and restores the backup data 102 to the mobile phone 100 (step S406).

When the above-mentioned data merge option 52 is selected, the processor 1 compares the data difference between the mobile phone 100 and the mobile storage device 101 . For example, the processor 1 performs the following steps on each data record of the backup data 102:

The processor 1 obtains a data record 104 of the storage device 101 (step S408), and determines whether there is a record with the same record identification code in the mobile phone 100 (step S410). The record identification code is used to identify some data records, such as the user name of the address book. If not, that is, when the mobile phone 100 lacks a data record 104 of the removable storage device 101, the processor 1 copies the data record 104 to the mobile phone 100 (step S412), and directly goes to step S426. In step S426, the processor 1 determines whether the data record 104 is the last record (step S426). If yes, end the data restoration operation. If not, the processor 1 obtains the next data record to repeat the above step S408.

When the mobile phone 100 has the data record 103 and the data record 104 of the mobile storage device 102 have the same record identification code, compare whether the contents of the data record 103 and the data record 104 are the same (step S414 ).

When the contents of the data record 103 and the data record 104 are the same, the processor 1 directly executes step S426. When the contents of the data record 103 and the data record 104 are different, the processor 1 displays several operation options 46 (as shown in FIG. 6 ) on the display 5 (step S416 ).

The processor 1 determines the selected operation option 46 (step S418).

When the integration option 61 is selected, the processor 1 integrates the intersection of the contents of the data record 103 and the data record 104 into the data record 103 (step S420 ).

When the replacement option 62 is selected, the processor 1 replaces the data record 103 with the data record 104 (step S422 ).

When the add option 63 is selected, the processor 1 adds the data record 104 to the mobile phone 100 (step S424). The data records 103 and 104 in the mobile phone 100 can maintain the same record ID or change one of the record IDs. Then execute step S426.

Therefore, after the mobile communication device is connected to the removable storage device, automatic backup can be performed according to various predetermined times and backup rules, and the backup data can be automatically scanned to provide restoration options during restoration.

While the invention has been described in conjunction with specific embodiments thereof, other changes and modifications and other uses will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention is not limited by the above description, but only limited by the claims of the present invention.

Claims (18)

1. A data backup method, applicable to a mobile phone, is characterized in that the method comprises: displaying a plurality of backup timing options, each of the plurality of backup timing options specifying a state of the mobile phone; Displaying several backup action options, each of the above-mentioned several backup action options is used to correspond to a backup program; displaying certain data categories, wherein the above-mentioned certain data categories are respectively processed by the certain application programs of the above-mentioned mobile phone; receiving a selection of one of the above backup timing options; receiving a selection of one of the aforementioned backup action options; receive a selection of one of the above several data categories; and When the above-mentioned mobile phone meets the state specified by the selected above-mentioned option, then according to the selected backup action option, the data corresponding to the selected data category in the data of the above-mentioned mobile phone will be automatically backed up, and connected to the above-mentioned mobile phone. in a removable storage device of the phone. 2. The data backup method according to claim 1, wherein the data backup cycle is indicated according to the backup timing option, and the mobile phone executes the backup according to the backup cycle. 3. The data backup method according to claim 1, wherein, according to the backup timing option, when the mobile phone receives or sends a short message, the data of the mobile phone is backed up to the mobile storage device. 4. The data backup method according to claim 1, characterized in that, according to the backup timing option, when the mobile phone is shut down for a predetermined time, the mobile phone is automatically turned on to back up the data of the mobile phone to the mobile storage device, and automatic shutdown after data backup is complete. 5. The data backup method according to claim 1, characterized in that, according to the backup timing option, after the mobile phone is turned on or before it is turned off, the data of the mobile phone is automatically backed up to the mobile storage device. 6. The data backup method according to claim 1, wherein the action option is a mobile data option, and the mobile phone deletes the data in the mobile phone after performing the backup. 7. The data backup method according to claim 1, wherein the above-mentioned action option is a differential backup option, and the above-mentioned mobile phone compares the data difference between the above-mentioned mobile phone and the above-mentioned storage device before performing the above-mentioned backup, and stores the above-mentioned data difference to the storage device above. 8. The data backup method according to claim 1, wherein the above-mentioned action option is a data encryption option, and the method comprises: Before the above-mentioned mobile phone performs the above-mentioned backup, a password input field is displayed; verifying a password received by the password input field above; and When the password passes the verification, encrypting the data backed up from the mobile phone to the storage device for the backup. 9. The data backup method according to claim 8, wherein the data backed up to the storage device conforms to a common format, including data fields and field marks, and the encryption step only encrypts the data fields. 10. The data backup method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of data categories include address book, call log, message, system setting, note, and calendar. 11. A method for restoring data, applicable to a mobile phone, characterized in that the method comprises: When a mobile storage device is connected, automatically search whether there is backup data of the mobile phone in the mobile storage device; If so, automatically display several restore action options for the data, including a complete replacement option; When the above-mentioned complete replacement option is selected, erase the data of the above-mentioned mobile phone; and Restore the above backup data to the above mobile phone. 12. The data restoration method according to claim 11, wherein the above-mentioned data restoration action option includes a data merge option, wherein the method further comprises: When the above-mentioned data merging option is selected, compare the data difference between the above-mentioned mobile phone and the above-mentioned removable storage device; and When the mobile phone lacks a data record of the mobile storage device, copying the data record to the mobile phone. 13. The data restoration method according to claim 12, characterized in that the method further comprises: When a first data record of the mobile phone and a second data record of the mobile storage device have the same record identification code, compare the contents of the first data record and the second data record. 14. The data restoration method according to claim 13, further comprising: When the contents of the first data record and the second data record are different, display several operation options; and When an integration option of the plurality of operation options is selected, the intersection of the contents of the first data record and the second data record is integrated into the first data record. 15. The data restoration method according to claim 13, further comprising: When the contents of the first data record and the second data record are different, display several operation options; and When a replacement option of the plurality of operation options is selected, the first data record is replaced by the second data record. 16. The data restoration method according to claim 13, further comprising: When the contents of the first data record and the second data record are different, display several operation options; and When a new option of the above-mentioned operation options is selected, add the above-mentioned second data record to the above-mentioned mobile phone. 17. According to the data restoration method described in claim 11, it is characterized in that the method further comprises: Receive a password before the above-mentioned restore action option is activated; Verify the above password; and When the above-mentioned password is verified, execute the above-mentioned clearing and restoring steps. 18. The data restoration method according to claim 17, characterized in that the method further comprises: Before the above restore step, the above backup data is decrypted.

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