Patent ID: 8122211
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. In a mobile computing device, a method of displaying an indicator to notify a user of the mobile computing device of the backup status of data on the mobile computing device, the method comprising: determining, by a processor of the mobile computing device, that at least a portion of data stored on the mobile computing device has not been backed up; in response to the determination, selecting a first graphical indicator from among a plurality of graphical indicators stored on the mobile computing device, the first graphical indicator representing that at least a portion of the data stored on the mobile computing device has not been backed up; automatically displaying the first graphical indicator on a display device of the mobile computing device to indicate to the user of the mobile computing device that at least some of the data on the mobile computing device has not been backed up; subsequent to displaying the first graphical indicator on the display device of the mobile computing device, determining, by the processor, that the data stored on the mobile computing device has been backed up; in response to the determination, selecting a second graphical indicator from among the plurality of graphical indicators stored on the mobile computing device, the second graphical indicator representing that the data stored on the mobile computing device has been backed up; and automatically displaying the second graphical indicator on the display device of the mobile computing device in place of the first graphical indicator to indicate to the user that the data on the mobile computing device has been backed up.