Modular Mobile Device Backup System for Configuration Recovery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional backup utilities for mobile devices do not effectively manage the backup and recovery of device modules, settings, and configurations, particularly when physical modules are added or modified, and do not account for neural networks, leading to difficulties in restoring the device to a previous state.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that includes interconnected modules, electronic memory for storing configuration and setting parameters, and a processor to monitor and backup these parameters, transmitting detected changes to a data storage device, such as a cloud service, to generate a comprehensive backup for restoring the device to its previous state.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional backup utilities are used to backup only user modified files, then the backup process is simple and fast, but the backup is incomplete as it does not cover device configuration, connected modules, neuron chips, and other critical components
Solution Approach 1:
The backup system segments the device into multiple backupable components: user files, device configuration, connected modules, and neuron chips. Each component is identified and backed up separately through systematic enumeration, ensuring complete coverage while maintaining organized backup structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The backup utility is enhanced to perform multiple functions: backing up user files, capturing device configuration settings, inventorying connected modules, and preserving neuron chip states. This multi-functional approach ensures comprehensive backup coverage without requiring separate specialized tools for each component type.
2Loss of information
If comprehensive backup of all device components is implemented, then backup completeness is improved, but the backup process becomes more complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary identification and enumeration of all backupable components (modules, configuration settings, neuron chips) before the actual backup process. This preliminary action creates a comprehensive inventory that streamlines the subsequent backup operations, preventing time loss from component discovery during backup execution.
Solution Approach 2:
The backup process maintains continuous operation by systematically enumerating and backing up all device components in a unified continuous process. The system continuously monitors and captures changes across all component types without interruption, ensuring complete backup coverage while minimizing total backup time through efficient process integration.
3Ease of repair
If device modules and configurations are restored to previous state, then device recovery capability is improved, but the complexity of managing multiple module states increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates comprehensive copies of device state including configuration settings, module inventories, and neuron chip states at each backup point. These copies are stored and managed systematically, enabling restoration to any previous state without requiring complex state transition management, as each state is independently captured and preserved.
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AI summary
A system and method for backup and recovery of user mobile device modules, settings and configurations. An example system includes a modular mobile device and a number of interconnected modules that can be connected to the mobile device. The device includes memory that stores configuration and setting parameters associated with each of the modules. In operation, a backup software utility monitors the configuration and setting parameters to detect additions and modifications and the transmits the detected additions and modifications to remote data storage to generate a data backup indicating a current state of the configuration and setting parameters. As a result, the modular mobile device can always return to a previous state for each module if it is replaced or the software is reinstalled, for example.