Patent ID: 8805790
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of backing up a plurality of data files of a user across multiple computing devices associated with the user, the method comprising: receiving, at a data backup application executing on a specific computing device of the computing devices, a request to backup a plurality of audio files of the data files and a plurality of video files of the data files received at the specific computing device to a distributed backup system, the distributed backup system including the computing devices of the user and a cloud storage service configured to store at least a subset of the data files, the computing devices configured to store different subsets of the data files based on a plurality of data backup policies, wherein the audio files and the video files are backed up to distinct computing devices; identifying, by the data backup application, a first data backup policy of the data backup policies for backing up the audio files and a second data backup policy of the data backup policies for backing up the video files; identifying, by the data backup application, a first computing device of the computing devices that is associated with the first data backup policy and a second computing device of the computing devices that is associated with the second data backup policy; transmitting the audio files to the first computing device and the video files to the second computing device, the transmitting including: