Patent ID: 11953998
Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method of restoring an image of a computer, comprising:
identifying, by a backup application executing on the computer, artifacts of the computer to back up;
creating a mirror image of a hard drive of the computer, wherein the mirror image comprises the artifacts;
establishing a local environment within the computer;
communicating with a backup server, by the backup application, using the local environment in the computer;
backing up the mirror image, by the backup application, to the backup server using the local environment;
updating the mirror image, by the backup application, in the backup server in response to a change in the computer;
constructing the local environment on the computer in response to an event;
loading a program from the local environment, wherein the program instantiates a restore process for the computer; and
restoring the computer, by the backup application, from the mirror image in the backup server based on the artifacts, the program, and the restore process.