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

Claim 14:
15. A method for backing up information, implemented by a mobile communication device, comprising:
identifying, by a backup application executing on the mobile communication device, artifacts of the mobile communication device to back up;
creating a mirror image of a hard drive of the mobile communication device, by the backup application, wherein the mirror image comprises the artifacts;
establishing a local environment within the mobile communication device;
communicating with a backup server, by the backup application, using the local environment in the mobile communication device;
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 mobile communication device;
constructing the local environment on the mobile communication device in response to an event;
loading a program from the local environment, wherein the program instantiates a restore process for the mobile communication device; and
restoring the mobile communication device, by the backup application, from the mirror image in the backup server based on the artifacts, the program, and the restore process.