Patent ID: 7925634
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A data recovery method of a mobile device, comprising: assigning a portion of a memory of the mobile device as a data recovery region of the mobile device reserved for recovery of data deleted by a user; creating and storing, in the memory, recovery lists each configured with parameters comprising a recovery time comprising a duration period during which at least one item of the recovery list is recoverable, a recovery volume, and a type of data designated for recovery and comprising a list of deleted data items stored in the data recovery region for recovery in accordance with the parameters; determining, when a data item stored in the mobile device is deleted, whether the data type of the deleted data item is designated for recovery in the recovery lists; storing the deleted data item into the data recovery region in accordance with the parameters of the recovery lists and adding the deleted data item into one list of the recovery lists; displaying the recovery lists in a display of the mobile device when a data recovery is requested such that the deleted data item can be selected from the one list of the recovery lists; and recovering the deleted data item from the data recovery region when the deleted data item is selected from the one list of the recovery lists; wherein the storing of the deleted data item comprises permanently erasing the deleted data item when the data type of the deleted data item is not designated in any of the recovery lists; wherein the data recovered from the data recovery region is restored at a region of the memory from which the data was deleted.