Web-App-Controlled Remote Backup for Cross-Device Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing digital content systems are inflexible and inefficient, often requiring device-specific backups, wasting computing resources and necessitating excessive user interactions due to fragmented functionality across different platforms, and are insecure due to untimely backups initiated by team members independently.
Innovation Solution
A remote backup system that uses a web-based application to initiate, manage, and monitor data backups on a separate device with a desktop application, allowing for cross-device and cross-platform compatibility, reducing resource waste by consolidating backup functions into a single interface, and enabling synchronous or asynchronous backups based on device availability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If device-specific backup systems are used, then backup functionality is native to the device, but flexibility and cross-device compatibility are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal backup system where a single backup application can back up data from multiple different device types (mobile devices, tablets, computers) through a common interface. The system uses standardized data structures and communication protocols that work across diverse platforms, eliminating the need for device-specific backup mechanisms while maintaining full backup functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary backup service that acts as a mediator between various devices and the backup storage system. This service receives backup requests from different device types, standardizes the data format, and manages the actual backup process, thereby enabling cross-device compatibility without requiring each device to have native backup capabilities.
2Productivity
If independent backup applications are installed on each device, then each device can perform backups autonomously, but computing resources and processing power are wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent consolidates backup functionality into a single centralized backup service that manages backups for multiple devices. Instead of each device running its own backup application, the system merges all backup operations through one service instance, eliminating redundant processing and reducing overall computing resource consumption while maintaining autonomous backup capability through automated scheduling.
Solution Approach 2:
The backup system implements self-service automation where the centralized backup service automatically detects devices, schedules backups, executes backup operations, and manages storage without requiring manual intervention. This automation maintains productivity by ensuring backups occur independently and reliably while minimizing resource waste through efficient scheduling and execution.
3Ease of manufacture
If fragmented backup functions are provided across different platforms, then platform-specific functionality is optimized, but user interface efficiency and ease of operation decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The patent provides a unified backup interface that consolidates all backup functions (create, pause, resume, cancel, monitor) into a single user interface regardless of platform. This universal interface maintains ease of operation by providing consistent controls and workflows across mobile, tablet, and computer platforms, while the underlying system remains optimized for each specific platform through the intermediary service layer.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure is directed toward systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for initiating, monitoring, and performing data backups from remote devices using web-based applications. For example, the disclosed systems receive a backup request from a remote device running a web-based application that does not include backup functionality, where the backup request triggers a data backup for data stored locally on a different client device. In some embodiments, the disclosed systems can establish a connection between the remote web-based application and a desktop application installed locally on the device to be backed up, where the connection facilitates triggering and managing a data backup executed by the desktop application via the remote web-based application. In some cases, the disclosed systems determine whether data backups are synchronous, asynchronous, and/or for user accounts within a team, and the disclosed systems facilitate data backups accordingly.